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Old Cemetery

Author

Shire of Cue

Place Number

06527
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Location

Cue

Location Details

Local Government

Cue

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Nov 1996 2

2

High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the town planning scheme to conserve the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

The Old Cemetery has considerable historic and social significance as the burial place for several early pioneers of the Cue district.

Physical Description

Located immediately east of Cue, this small cemetery contains only two headstones and several mounds. Iron railings decorate one grave. The cemetery is surrounded by a wire fence.Bodies were relocated from a grave site in Wittenoom Street in 1898 to this site when the railway came to Cue.

History

Bodies were relocated from a grave site in Wittenoom Street in 1898 to this site when the railway came to Cue.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Medium Degree

Condition

Good

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

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

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Community services & utilities

Creation Date

08 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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