Brisbane North Quay Herschel Memorial Inscriptions


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[see also Names in alphabetical order]

Photos in cemetery order


Peter McCAULEY
(son of Peter McCAULEY
drowned 5 Jan 1832
aged 3 years and 3 months

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)

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Peter McCAULEY
(son of Peter McCAULEY
drowned 5 Jan 1832
aged 3 years and 3 months

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)


William ROBERTS (mother: Esther ROBERTS, father: Charles ROBERTS)
b: 15 Sep 1828
d: 15 Nov 1831

Peter McCAULEY
b: 17 Apr 1826
d: 5 Jan 1832

Jane PITTARD
(dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS  (remarried)
d: 23 Jan 1833

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)

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William ROBERTS (mother: Esther ROBERTS, father: Charles ROBERTS)
b: 15 Sep 1828
d: 15 Nov 1831

Peter McCAULEY
b: 17 Apr 1826
d: 5 Jan 1832

Jane PITTARD
(dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS (remarried)
d: 23 Jan 1833

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)


Jane PITTARD
(dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS  (remarried)
d: 29 Jan 1855 OR d: 23 Jan 1833
aged 12 mo, 13 days 
buried at North Quay Brisbane re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)

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Jane PITTARD
(dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS (remarried)
d: 29 Jan 1855 OR d: 23 Jan 1833
aged 12 mo, 13 days
buried at North Quay Brisbane re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)


William Henry ROBERTS (son of Charles ROBERTS)
d: 15 Nov 1831
aged 5 y, 2 months

was buried at North Quay Brisbane and re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)

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William Henry ROBERTS (son of Charles ROBERTS)
d: 15 Nov 1831
aged 5 y, 2 months

was buried at North Quay Brisbane and re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881

Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)


North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)

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North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)


North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)

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North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)


North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)

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North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)



Brisbane North Quay (bet Tank St and Herschel St) name index

Brisbane North Quay (between Herschel St and Tank St) name index


Address: on the bank of the river on North Quay. between Herschel ST and Tank St
Opened: 1825
Closed: Moved to Paddington 1844
# graves: 3


This is an earlier set of grave site than Skew St 500m west (upstream). It was used for children because the general cemetery was not suitable.)
Bodies were exhumed and transferred to Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong in 1881
North Quay Burial Ground
McCauley Peter McCauley son of Peter McCauley, died 5th Jan 1832 aged 5 years 8 months
Pittard Jane Pittard daughter of John Pittard died 29 Jan 1833 aged 12 months 13 days
Roberts William Roberts son of Charles Roberts, died 15 Nov 1831 aged 5 years 2 months
Wooden fenced grave without tombstone
ref: GSQ QLD 820 000

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
Some investigations into the site of Brisbane's earliest burial ground - Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland volume 6 issue 2: pp. 389-417 Gill, J. C. H. (James Connal Howard) Brisbane, Qld. Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 1960

Photographed: Plaque and re-interred headstones May 2013


Latitude -27.46881917297673, Longitude 153.0188973702749
Latitude -27° 28’ 8", Longitude 153° 1’ 8"



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