Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
Skinner St Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Historic/Archaeological Site | |
The site of Skinner Street Cemetery is of historic importance because this was Fremantle 's main public cemetery from 1852 to 1899. I t was the last resting place of many who lived in Fremantle during those years, which encompassed transportation and the gold rush. Being Fremantle 's main public cemetery from 1852 to 1899 makes it of considerable historic importance. This old cemetery site must rank highly in the order of historical places in- Western Australia with many hundreds of our pioneers laid to rest there
Assessment 1990 Ski nner Street Cemetery was consecrated in 1852 and replaced Alma Street Cemetery as Fremantle 1s main public cemetery. After it closed in 1899, only vault burials and a few specially permitted internments took place. By 1930 it was in disrepair , and by 1937 some of the deceased were removed to Carrington Street Cemetery , along with those onuments which were still in good condition . The monuments have been re-erected there in a special Pioneers Section . They were not stood up against a wall , as is usual in such cases, but embedded in the ground and aligned in a serious of double (sic) rows - back to back . The old Skinner Street site has since been redeveloped and is now John Curtin Senior High School playing fields. There are burial records of both the Skinner Street and Alma Street Cemeteries compiled by Miss Kate Caldwel l from Anglican and Roman Catholic registers and from records on tombstones removed to the present Carrington Street Cemetery .
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Secondary School |
| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Monument\Cemetery |
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