Capella old Memorial Inscriptions


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First Capella Cemetery

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First Capella Cemetery


Florence Mary BAILEY
d: 1 Aug 1895 aged 7 days

Donald BEATON
d: 2 Jun 1895 aged 60

Agnes BROWN
d: 7 May 1894 aned 2 months

Joseph CAVANAGH
d: 21 Mar 1888 aged 1 month

Patrick John CAVANAGH
d: 20 Nov 1889 aged 10 months

Catherine DENNEHY
d: 7 Jan 1865, aged 23 

Mary Elizabeth EMERY
d: 20 Nov 1886 aged 2 y

Francis Lillian FODEN
d: 28 Jan 1883 aged 3 y

William GALLAGHER
d: 30 Nov 1897 aged 5 days

Agnes GILPIN
d: 8 Jan 1883 aged 2 mo

Percy HARRISON
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 74

Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

First Capella Cemetery


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Florence Mary BAILEY
d: 1 Aug 1895 aged 7 days

Donald BEATON
d: 2 Jun 1895 aged 60

Agnes BROWN
d: 7 May 1894 aned 2 months

Joseph CAVANAGH
d: 21 Mar 1888 aged 1 month

Patrick John CAVANAGH
d: 20 Nov 1889 aged 10 months

Catherine DENNEHY
d: 7 Jan 1865, aged 23

Mary Elizabeth EMERY
d: 20 Nov 1886 aged 2 y

Francis Lillian FODEN
d: 28 Jan 1883 aged 3 y

William GALLAGHER
d: 30 Nov 1897 aged 5 days

Agnes GILPIN
d: 8 Jan 1883 aged 2 mo

Percy HARRISON
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 74

Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

First Capella Cemetery



Joseph CAVANAGH
d: 21 Mar 1888 aged 1 month

Patrick John CAVANAGH
d: 20 Nov 1889 aged 10 months

Catherine DENNEHY
d: 7 Jan 1865, aged 23 

Mary Elizabeth EMERY
d: 20 Nov 1886 aged 2 y

Francis Lillian FODEN
d: 28 Jan 1883 aged 3 y

William GALLAGHER
d: 30 Nov 1897 aged 5 days

Agnes GILPIN
d: 8 Jan 1883 aged 2 mo

Percy HARRISON
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 74

Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

Thomas HOLLAND
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 32

Sarah JONES
d: 17 Jun 1896 aged 68

Annie Christina JORGENSEN
d: 16 May 1892 aged 15 d

Charles Edward KETTLE
d: 13 Sep 1893 aged 8 d

Ruby May LIMPUS
d: 12 Sep 1895 aged 1 m

Mary Jane LYNCH
d: 24 Apr 1883 aged 1 y

Walter Harry MEAD
d: 14 Mar 1889 aged 2 m

John Martin NORTON
d: 23 Jun 1895 aged 19 y

Priscilla PHILLIPS
d: 21 Jan 1870 aged 34

James RITCHIE
d: 1 Jul 1874 aged 38

Charles SAMBROOKS
d: 11 Jan 1892 aged 1 y

William SAMBROOKS
d: 26 Jan 1895 aged 11

First Capella Cemetery

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Joseph CAVANAGH
d: 21 Mar 1888 aged 1 month

Patrick John CAVANAGH
d: 20 Nov 1889 aged 10 months

Catherine DENNEHY
d: 7 Jan 1865, aged 23

Mary Elizabeth EMERY
d: 20 Nov 1886 aged 2 y

Francis Lillian FODEN
d: 28 Jan 1883 aged 3 y

William GALLAGHER
d: 30 Nov 1897 aged 5 days

Agnes GILPIN
d: 8 Jan 1883 aged 2 mo

Percy HARRISON
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 74

Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

Thomas HOLLAND
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 32

Sarah JONES
d: 17 Jun 1896 aged 68

Annie Christina JORGENSEN
d: 16 May 1892 aged 15 d

Charles Edward KETTLE
d: 13 Sep 1893 aged 8 d

Ruby May LIMPUS
d: 12 Sep 1895 aged 1 m

Mary Jane LYNCH
d: 24 Apr 1883 aged 1 y

Walter Harry MEAD
d: 14 Mar 1889 aged 2 m

John Martin NORTON
d: 23 Jun 1895 aged 19 y

Priscilla PHILLIPS
d: 21 Jan 1870 aged 34

James RITCHIE
d: 1 Jul 1874 aged 38

Charles SAMBROOKS
d: 11 Jan 1892 aged 1 y

William SAMBROOKS
d: 26 Jan 1895 aged 11

First Capella Cemetery


Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

Thomas HOLLAND
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 32

Sarah JONES
d: 17 Jun 1896 aged 68

Annie Christina JORGENSEN
d: 16 May 1892 aged 15 d

Charles Edward KETTLE
d: 13 Sep 1893 aged 8 d

Ruby May LIMPUS
d: 12 Sep 1895 aged 1 m

Mary Jane LYNCH
d: 24 Apr 1883 aged 1 y

Walter Harry MEAD
d: 14 Mar 1889 aged 2 m

John Martin NORTON
d: 23 Jun 1895 aged 19 y

Priscilla PHILLIPS
d: 21 Jan 1870 aged 34

James RITCHIE
d: 1 Jul 1874 aged 38

Charles SAMBROOKS
d: 11 Jan 1892 aged 1 y

William SAMBROOKS
d: 26 Jan 1895 aged 11

David SLIDER
d: 10 Mar 1895

David Fletcher SLIDER
d: 22 Jan 1890 aged 7

Thomas SLIDER
d: 27 Jun 1890

Frederick UTHENNA
d: 29 Dec 1893 aged 60


Robert WADDINGTON
d: 31 Jan 1870 aged 27

William WARMS
d: 7 Nov 1884 aged 24

First Capella Cemetery
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Donald James HILL
d: 10 Sep 1898 aged 3

Ivy Marion HILL
d: 30 Dec 1898 aged 1 y

Thomas HOLLAND
d: 22 Feb 1894 aged 32

Sarah JONES
d: 17 Jun 1896 aged 68

Annie Christina JORGENSEN
d: 16 May 1892 aged 15 d

Charles Edward KETTLE
d: 13 Sep 1893 aged 8 d

Ruby May LIMPUS
d: 12 Sep 1895 aged 1 m

Mary Jane LYNCH
d: 24 Apr 1883 aged 1 y

Walter Harry MEAD
d: 14 Mar 1889 aged 2 m

John Martin NORTON
d: 23 Jun 1895 aged 19 y

Priscilla PHILLIPS
d: 21 Jan 1870 aged 34

James RITCHIE
d: 1 Jul 1874 aged 38

Charles SAMBROOKS
d: 11 Jan 1892 aged 1 y

William SAMBROOKS
d: 26 Jan 1895 aged 11

David SLIDER
d: 10 Mar 1895

David Fletcher SLIDER
d: 22 Jan 1890 aged 7

Thomas SLIDER
d: 27 Jun 1890

Frederick UTHENNA
d: 29 Dec 1893 aged 60


Robert WADDINGTON
d: 31 Jan 1870 aged 27

William WARMS
d: 7 Nov 1884 aged 24

First Capella Cemetery



Old Capella (memorial)


Address: originally east of Capella (nothing remains) Central Highlands Region (formerly Peak Downs)
Opened: approx. 1870, Last 1899
# graves: 32

More information about
The groundsman at Peak Downs (where the memorial is) indicated the site of the original cemetery was in one of the streets on the eastern part of town, but nothing remained.
Modern Peak Downs/Capella cemetery
Wikipedia: Capella, Queensland

Photographed: Jul 2016


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Latitude -23.080731666666, Longitude 148.009940000000
Latitude -23° 4’ 51", Longitude 148° 0’ 36"



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