Darwin General Tips by skatzcatz

Favorite Thing: The Gardens Road Cemetery is situated at 191 Gardens Road and was opened on 10 April 1919. The Cemetery served as the official cemetery for Darwin until 11 December 1970. It’s service to the Darwin community encompassed two world wars and catered for a fast growing multi-cultural society including Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Northern European, Anglos and Celts. Many of those interred there were pioneers in their own way, surviving the vicissitudes of Darwin including the Depression, World War II, the climate and uncertainty of life in what remained essentially a remote northern town. The Depression years saw many of the older, more prominent Darwin families bury their dead, with Japanese divers, ordinary citizens and a number of servicemen interred in the cemetery. From the outbreak of war in 1939 a number of servicemen, mainly RAAF were buried at Gardens Cemetery, as were a number of American servicemen from late 1941.

Despite large numbers of civilians and serviceman killed in the 19 February 1942 raids by the Japanese, only American servicemen were buried there as a result. Exhumations of American servicemen were conducted in 1942 and the Australians were exhumed and relocated to Adelaide River in 1944.

The cemetery has an intrinsic value to the community by virtue of its ability to reflect cultural attitudes to burials, the use of cemeteries and the approach to formal landscaping over the period of it's operation. The Cemetery is significant to the people of Darwin and it's recorded history on site and elsewhere adds a further dimension to the understanding of the Territory's past.

The cemetery is held in high esteem especially by the Darwin Community for it's symbolic and social associations and generates a great deal of interest from visitors to Darwin.

Fondest Memory: The Gardens Road Cemetery provides a tangible reminder of the exploits and lives of many who contributed to the development of the Territory, particularly in the years between the wars, and of servicemen who were buried there in the early war years. Many of the graves represent the last resting place of Territorians whose contribution to the Territory is important to the interpretation of the Territory's historical, social and cultural background.

During it's years in use, 848 adults and 83 children were recorded as being buried at the cemetery.

This Cemetery was heritage listed in 1999.

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Favorite Thing: The Darwin General Cemetery situated on McMillans Road Moil is a denominational cemetery and was opened in 1954 and closed in 1988.

It was reopened again in 1989 and subsequently closed in September 2003.

Many Cyclone Tracey victims are buried there as well as past Council alderman and dignatories.

The Cemetery is maintained by Darwin City Council and any enquiries in relation to the cemetery or burial records can be obtained by phoning 8930 0583.


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Favorite Thing: The Pioneer/Goyder Road Cemetery was originally called "Palmerston Cemetery" and is Darwin's first "official" cemetery. Among the gravestones and unmarked graves, lie buried the stories of hundreds of the Territory's pioneer men, women and children. There are stories of tragedy and triumph, hope and heartbreak. Here, in this final resting place, the 'occupants' sleep on oblivious to the modern homes and businesses established nearby and the thousands of vehicles that pass by.

The Pioneer Cemetery is situated on Goyder Road and is also known as the Goyder Road Cemetery or Palmerston Cemetery. The Pioneer Cemetery was opened in 1865 and closed in 1919. The cemetery has been controlled by the Darwin City Council since 1958.

In February 1869 the South Australian Government sent George Woodroffe Goyder, the Surveyor General and a group of survey teams north to Port Darwin aboard the Moonta. One of the first tasks of George Goyder surveyors when they designed the new town of Palmerston (not officially called Darwin until after 1911) was to lay out the future town across the peninsula and extending a mile or two from the site. In the plan, Goyder also made a provision for the first cemetery for Palmerston. The 48 acres they selected for this purpose stretched across from where Graham Street in Stuart Park runs today, straddling what became the Stuart Highway and running from around Nylander Street to include what remains of the cemetery today, near the Motor Vehicles Registry.

The site for the cemetery was recorded in the 1869 field book of Surveyor AT Woods, referring to "Prince's Creek' which was in the vicinity of Graham or Nudl streets of today's Stuart Park. Indeed, the present Stuart Highway bisects the site of the old cemetery which provided for a road reserve two chains wide leading from town as "Freds Pass Road".

Fondest Memory: It is thought that the first burials were in 1873. Charles Harvey, a carpenter, died on 4 October 1872, James Honan on 26 October and police trooper William Davies was taken by a crocodile off Lameroo whilst swimming on 26 November 1872. Two miners, Robert McCracken and JW Smith died in early 1873.

In the first half of century of Darwin's existence, more than 600 people were buried in the Palmerston Cemetery. Today, about 90 graves are still visible, within the new fenced area of what remains of the old cemetery.

maintained by Darwin City Council
www.darwin.nt.gov.au

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Favorite Thing: Located in Shop 2 Presley Street, one street behind Westralia Street Shops.

Fondest Memory: Open 7 days 7am - 8pm
$3 per wash or dry
08 89818430
0416 196 574

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Favorite Thing: A green frog of course. Very commin throught Darwin, especially during the wet and where it is very moist and humid. Don't mistake these for the invading cane toads.


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Favorite Thing: Looking for a job in Darwin. Try Westaff Recruitment Agency.

1/43 Cavenagh Street
08 8981 8365

next to Woolworths Supermarket


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Favorite Thing: Darwin's Main Post Office is located on Cavenagh Street. About half way along on the south side. Shouldnt be to hard to find, just ask for directions.


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Favorite Thing: Looking to do some Volunteer work while in darwin? try Conservation Australia. Shop is situated at 6/41 Cavenagh Street, across from the Post Office.

phone 08 8981 3206


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Favorite Thing: Computer Info is where i go for all my Computer needs. Also a great internet cafe at only $3.95 with a free drink with an hours use.

Ask for Earlwin, he rocks...

5/21 Cavenagh Street Darwin
phone: 08 8941 3800


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Favorite Thing: Karen Brown Gallery is one of the many local Art Galleries.

1/22 Mitchell Street Darwin
phone: 08 8981 9985


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