Pioneer Cemetery
Mareeba Pioneer Cemetery was established shortly before the turn of the 19th century. It contains inscriptions that range from 1896 to 2007. Approximately two-thirds of the burials here are unmarked. To Get There
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Historical Marker (John Atherton)
Tucked away in a street off the main road through Mareeba, a historical marker sits in commemoration of John Atherton. The large stone marker has a marble plaque highlighting some of his achievements as a pioneer of the Atherton Tablelands. Born in England 9th August 1837, John Atherton arrived in Sydney at the age of … Read more
Bigges Camp Park
Bigges Camp Park is at the eastern end of Grandchester, between Rosewood and Laidley. Grandchester was formally called Bigge’s Camp, named after a pioneer pastoralist, Frederick Bigges. The area was first viewed by Alan Cunningham in 1829 when he and his party camped beside the Railway Lagoon in search for the source of the Brisbane … Read more
Cemeteries
New settlements in Australia were often harsh. Cemeteries can be a good place for learning the stories met by settlers and the Cossack Cemeteries tell of how unforgiving the North West was. There are two cemeteries with marked graves in Cossack, the European based graves and the Japanese Graves in a separate cemetery. The pioneers … Read more
Pioneer Graves
The Pioneer Graves are located at the original site of the Maryborough settlement of the 1840s. The site is marked by a plaque as an Australian Bicentennial Project in 1988. Another plaque says “Heritage Site. This site is part of the original Maryborough Settlement of the 1840s. Several pioneers lie here including George Furber, the … Read more
Spicers Gap
Spicers Gap is a pass over the Great Dividing Range, found in 1847 by a stockman as an easier route to Cunninghams Gap which proved to be too steep for regular travel. A major road through Spicers Gap was built in the late 1850s through to the mid-1860s, though its use declined not long afterwards … Read more
Pioneer Graves
The Pioneer Graves are three graves of pioneers in the Fassifern area, Alexander Balbi, Sarah Campbell Mercer, and Anders Nielsen. A monument in front of the graves provides information on the pioneers and of the area’s history. The front of the monument reads: To Honour the Pioneers of the Past Who Built the Prosperous Present … Read more
Pioneer Settlement
The Pioneer Settlement is a museum in Swan Hill set on the edge of the Little Murray River. It started with the paddlesteamer PS Gem purchased in the 1960s to be an art gallery, and added some buildings in the style of the Mallee region to be around it. Some buildings we donated, others were … Read more
Nat Buchanans Grave
Nat Buchanan’s Grave is in the general cemetery at Walcha in New South Wales. Nat (Nathaniel) was a pastoralist, explorer, and pioneer in Australia with many feats from the 1860s through to the 1890s. A plaque next to his grave credits him with the following accomplishments: 1860-1867 – first to stock and manage Bowen Downs … Read more
