Jarrahdale Cemetery

Author

Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Place Number

08630

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Location

Atkins Rd Jarrahdale

Location Details

Local Government

Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Region

Peel

Construction Date

Constructed from 1887

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	29 Aug 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	19 Sep 2022	Category 3	Category 3 Conservation Encouraged Significant as an individual building within the Municipality. Retain and conserve if possible; Endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Town Planning Scheme; Photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopments or demolition.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	31 Jul 2000	Category 1B	Category 1B Conservation Essential A place which may meet the criteria for inclusion in the State Register of Heritage Places (ie: of state or national value) because of its association with a group of places which together form a heritage precinct or area. Highest level of protection appropriate for all places in the group; Warrants a referral to the Heritage Council WA and further assessment for possible entry into the State Register; Provide maximum encouragement to the owner/s to conserve the significance of the place; Photographically record the place (individually and its relationship to the other places).
Classified by the National Trust	UNKNOWN	14 Jul 1997			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

Important in the social heritage of Jarrahdale, being the final resting place of members of families who contributed to the development of the town and the region. Significant for its association with the opening of the timber industry in Jarrahdale which was the basis for the development of the Jarrahdale townsite
Part of the group of historic buildings in the historic Jarrahdale townsite.

Physical Description

Opposite a peaceful jarrah forest first explored in the 1830's (sign in the bush). Wrought iron gates attached to red brick pillars form the entrance.

History

Established as a local cemetery in 1872, gazetted on the 24th October 1883, and donated by Mrs Maria Batt, the widow of Joseph Batt who had owned a flour mill in the area.
Jarrahdale Cemetery continues to be a public burial ground. Those buried in the cemetery include a number of representatives of the Crock, Nettleton, Lyster, Lewis, Keirnan, Parolo, Gianatti and Buckland families.
The timber company was the original undertaker. No record of burials was kept by the timber company until a government audit in 1911 recognised this. The management of the cemetery then became the responsibility of the local Roads Board and it was during this time that records were lost to a white ant invasion. Various sources of information reconstructed these records as best they could. The Jarrahdale Cemetery is the last resting place for approximately four hundred and fifty-five people that socially contributed to the locality of Jarrahdale, but not all graves are marked or occupants known.
There is a memorial to Keirnans (near the wooden headstones) and Nettletons.
In 1954, the gates to the cemetery were erected as a memorial to Mary Isabel Watkins and George Glyn Watkins

Condition

Fair

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
SJ5-09	Local Heritage Survey

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Cemetery
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Cemetery

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	METAL	Wrought Iron
Other	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements
PEOPLE	Early settlers

Creation Date

16 Jun 1997

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Last Update

12 Oct 2023

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