Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery

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Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
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Details
Established1866[1]
Closed2001
Location
Kenwick, Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates32°02′32″S 115°58′23″E / 32.0422200°S 115.9729800°E / -32.0422200; 115.9729800Coordinates: 32°02′32″S 115°58′23″E / 32.0422200°S 115.9729800°E / -32.0422200; 115.9729800
Owned byCity of Gosnells
Find a GraveKenwick Pioneer Cemetery
Official nameKenwick Pioneer Cemetery
TypeMunicipal Inventory
Designated9 May 2017
Reference no.3248
MunicipalityCity of Gosnells
Official nameKenwick Pioneer Cemetery
TypeHistoric
CriteriaA.4, D.2, F.1
Designated30 June 1992
Reference no.18075
Place File Number5/13/011/0002

Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery is located in Kenwick, Western Australia adjacent to Albany Highway. It is part of the 1.2 hectares (3 acres) of land donated by Wallace Bickley for a school for the children of the Canning in 1863.

In 1865 a rammed earth building with shingle roof was constructed by convicts. Kenwick School, sometimes referred to as Canning School, opened with six pupils and was the district's only school for 20 years. The school, with accommodation for a school teacher and police constable, served as school, courthouse, church, post office and social centre for many years.[2]

The first meeting of the Canning Roads Board met in the school room in 1870. Members were

  • W.L. Gibbs,
  • E. Powell,
  • T. Buckingham Jnr,
  • J. White,
  • E.M. Marsh,
  • F. Watts, and
  • F. Bird.

A church, St Michael and All Angels, was built on a site next to the school and served the district until the end of the century.

The school closed in 1896 and in 1900 the school and church were demolished. Only the cemetery remains. Over 200 people were buried at the cemetery during its use, however few grave stones remain.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, Albany Hwy, Kenwick, WA, Australia". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery". City of Gosnells. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ Lefevre, Margaret (2009). "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery" (PDF) (2nd ed.). City of Gosnells. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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