North Road Cemetery

North Road Cemetery
North Road Cemetery
Graves, North Road Cemetery.JPG
Graves at North Road Cemetery
Details
Year established 1853
Country Australia
Location Nailsworth, South Australia
Owned by Anglican Diocese of Adelaide
Size 18 acres (73,000 m2)
Number of graves more than 24,000

North Road Cemetery is located in the Adelaide suburb of Nailsworth, approximately 5 km north of the central business district. It is 7.3 hectares (18 acres) in size and there have been over 24,000 burials since its foundation in 1853. The original size of the cemetery was 0.8 hectare (2 acres) and was established by South Australia’s first Anglican bishop, Augustus Short on land which he owned. The cemetery is still maintained by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide.

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