Brisbane North Quay Memorial Inscriptions


© Copyright 1996-2020 Kerry Raymond and David Horton
[see also Names in alphabetical order]

Photos in cemetery order


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Brisbane 1844. (Is that really 1833?)
1 (lower centre right) Andrew Petrie
17 (top right) The General Cemetery
48 (top right (left of 17)) The First Tombstones (two graves)
18 (centre right) Tread and windmill
37 (top centre) Commission Stores
43 (left) Government gardens
46 (centre running top to bottom) Queen Street

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Brisbane 1844. (Is that really 1833?)
1 (lower centre right) Andrew Petrie
17 (top right) The General Cemetery
48 (top right (left of 17)) The First Tombstones (two graves)
18 (centre right) Tread and windmill
37 (top centre) Commission Stores
43 (left) Government gardens
46 (centre running top to bottom) Queen Street


Queen Street exists today, as the darker orange.
The windmill from 1844 still exists and is found in the kink in Wickham Tce.
Creek street today follows a similar alignment to creek in the foreground, presumably following the lower lying land that is Adelaide street through the bog that is King George Square today, continuing along Roma street.
The original North Quay (General Cemetery) was described as being "on the bank of the river on the curve of North Quay".
(Perhaps off the top of this modern map), 
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Queen Street exists today, as the darker orange.
The windmill from 1844 still exists and is found in the kink in Wickham Tce.
Creek street today follows a similar alignment to creek in the foreground, presumably following the lower lying land that is Adelaide street through the bog that is King George Square today, continuing along Roma street.
The original North Quay (General Cemetery) was described as being "on the bank of the river on the curve of North Quay".
(Perhaps off the top of this modern map),


Compare to Brisbane 1844 (1833) map
Approx location of General cemetery near Skew street at end of William Jolly bridge
Approx location of early graves near Herschel street.
Windmill and Commissariat Stores remain.
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Compare to Brisbane 1844 (1833) map
Approx location of General cemetery near Skew street at end of William Jolly bridge
Approx location of early graves near Herschel street.
Windmill and Commissariat Stores remain.


Brisbane 1840 Plan Martens
(top to bottom)
Windmill
Ann Street
Adelaide Street
(Queen?) Street
(Elizabeth) Street
Charlotte Street
Mary Street
Margaret Street
--
(right to left)
Edward Street
Albert Street
(George) Street
William Street
ferry? to
Stanley Quay


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Brisbane 1840 Plan Martens
(top to bottom)
Windmill
Ann Street
Adelaide Street
(Queen?) Street
(Elizabeth) Street
Charlotte Street
Mary Street
Margaret Street
--
(right to left)
Edward Street
Albert Street
(George) Street
William Street
ferry? to
Stanley Quay



Brisbane 1844. (Is that really 1833?)
1 (lower centre right) Andrew Petrie
17 (top right) The General Cemetery
48 (top right (left of 17)) The First Tombstones (two graves)
18 (centre right) Tread and windmill
37 (top centre) Commission Stores
43 (left) Government gardens
46 (centre running top to bottom) Queen Street

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Brisbane 1844. (Is that really 1833?)
1 (lower centre right) Andrew Petrie
17 (top right) The General Cemetery
48 (top right (left of 17)) The First Tombstones (two graves)
18 (centre right) Tread and windmill
37 (top centre) Commission Stores
43 (left) Government gardens
46 (centre running top to bottom) Queen Street


Brisbane 1863 - Hams map of the city of Brisbane

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Brisbane 1863 - Ham's map of the city of Brisbane


Brisbane 1865 - Slaters pocket map of the City of Brisbane.
Paddington "General Cemetery"
West End Cemetery.
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Brisbane 1865 - Slater's pocket map of the City of Brisbane.
Paddington "General Cemetery"
West End Cemetery.


Brisbane 1878

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Brisbane 1878


Brisbane 1881 - Martens

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Brisbane 1881 - Martens


Brisbane 1886 Martens
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Brisbane 1886 Martens


Brisbane 1918

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Brisbane 1918


Brisbane 2000
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Brisbane 2000


Brisbane 1844 Martens
Paddington cemetery on left (with creek to south)
West EndSouth Brisbane cemetery just in on lower left corner

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Brisbane 1844 Martens
Paddington cemetery on left (with creek to south)
West End/South Brisbane cemetery just in on lower left corner


Brisbane 1842 - Shows settlement at South Brisbane
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Brisbane 1842 - Shows settlement at South Brisbane


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


This plaque commemorates the site of one of Brisbanes earliest burial grounds. Its boundaries are shown in relation to present day street alignments based on information taken from the survey map prepared by the surveyor generals office, Sydney, 18th August, 1858. Donated by Mr Douglas Jolly, 1982.
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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This plaque commemorates the site of one of Brisbane's earliest burial grounds. Its boundaries are shown in relation to present day street alignments based on information taken from the survey map prepared by the surveyor general's office, Sydney, 18th August, 1858. Donated by Mr Douglas Jolly, 1982.
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


William Jolly Bridge
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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William Jolly Bridge
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


Skew St Cemetery original location
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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Skew St Cemetery original location
North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858
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North Quay Cemetery as surveyed 1858


From "Brisbane 1859-1959"
Brisbane City Council Library
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From "Brisbane 1859-1959"
Brisbane City Council Library


From "Brisbane 1859-1959"
Brisbane City Council Library

Notice cemetery top left.
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From "Brisbane 1859-1959"
Brisbane City Council Library

Notice cemetery top left.


Brisbane - John Oxley map
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Brisbane - John Oxley map



Brisbane North Quay (Skew St) name index

Brisbane North Quay (Skew St) name index


Address: on the bank of the river on the curve of North Quay. near Skew Street, the northern approach to the William Jolly Bridge.
Opened: 1825
Closed: Moved to Paddington 1844
# graves:
NameDiedWhere Buried
Stapyltonbef 1841North Quay
Tuckbef 1841North Quay
Dunlopabt. 1895elsewhere
Merridooabt 1841Nearby North Quay
Noogamillabt 1841Nearby North Quay


An earlier grave site was on the riverbank just downstream (between Herschel St and Tank St). (It was used for children because the general cemetery was not suitable.)
Bodies were exhumed and transferred to Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong in 1881

More information about
Toowong Cemetery history including history of earlier cemeteries.
The Paddington Cemetery (as described 1907)
CEMETERY AT NORTHERN APPROACH TO WILLIAM JOLLY BRIDGE : Letter of protest against land between Eagle Terrace and Union Street being used for drainage purposes. Mentions land having been used for cemetery purposes in the past.
THE OLD BURIAL GROUND. (1913, October 7). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 4. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19907521
Historic Brisbane maps from Picture Queensland from State Library of Queensland.
State Library of Queensland: Slater's Pocket Map of the City of Brisbane, 1865 or Trove
Brisbane 1844 Martens
Street map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1878 from John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Map of Brisbane, 1844 Gerler, Carl Friedrich from John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland,
Ham's map of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, 1863 from John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland,
Map of Brisbane and suburbs (Gordon & Gotch) from State Library of Queensland,

Photographed: Plaque Feb 2009


Latitude -27.46702593786628, Longitude 153.0147990027361
Latitude -27° 28’ 1", Longitude 153° 0’ 53"



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