North Road Cemetery - SA

  Cemetery,Grave Site

Position

DEG: -34.89016 138.607193
DMS: 34º 53' 24.57" S 138º 36' 25.89" E
UTM: 54 H 6136525mN 281339mE
Altitude: 48m

Description

Address & Contact

1A Cemetery Ave
Nailsworth SA 5083
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

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.

The most visited grave in the cemetery is that of Aboriginal welfare worker and anthropologist, Daisy May Bates. Daisy was an Irish Australian journalist, welfare worker and lifelong student of the culture and society of Australian Abroriginals.

Daisy May Bates was born Margaret Mary O’Dwyer in Ireland on 16 October, 1859. While still an infant, Daisy’s mother died and she was brought up by her maternal grandmother until the age of 8. Daisy was sent to live with a family in England when her grandmother passed away in 1871.

At the age of 24, she travelled to Australia aboard the Almora , and took up a post as governess at Fanning Downs Station. It was here that she met Edwin Henry Murrant, a horse breaker, who was better known as “Breaker” Morant. They were married in 1884, but the marriage was frought with financial problems. They separated within a year, with Murrant eventually enlisting in the Second Contingent of the South Australian Mounted Rifles, and serving in the Boer War in South Africa.

Daisy moved to Sydney and was soon engaged to Philip Gipps, who unfortunately passed away before the marriage took place. Instead, in 1885, Daisy married John Bates a drover and horse breaker. The life of a drover’s wife did not suit Daisy, and within four months, she married a third time to Ernst Clark Baglehole. Daisy never divorced any of her husbands.

Her only child, a son, was born in Bathurst on 26 August, 1886.

Daisy was not suited to family life, possibly due to her fractured upbringing, and after travelling Australia for some time, she found herself penniless and returned to England in 1894, leaving her husbands and son behind.

Back in England she found work as a journalist, and was interested when an article was printed in The Times about the cruel treatment of the Aborigines in Western Australia. After offering to investigate the allegations and write some articles for their newspaper, she returned to Australia in 1899.

This was the beginning of her work with the Aboriginal people which she continued until her death in 1951.

In 1912, Daisy established the first of the harsh, isolated camps for which she became renowned. She spent time amongst several indigenous tribes in both Western Australia and South Australia. Although living in tents, Daisy was always immaculately dressed in long dark skirts and black hat.

Her last camp was situated at Oodlea, on the Nullabor Plain, which she left due to ill-health in 1945.

She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 16934 for her welfare work with Aborigines. She wrote many newspaper articles and books, including an autobiography.

Her headstone bears the inscription “Kabbarli”, meaning “grandmother” in a number of Aboriginal languages.
PlaceID114946
iMapPlot Reference Image

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.
Download Place
Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

Nearby Places (86)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Parafield at 10/03:00am CDT
Distance from North Road Cemetery 10.45km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
13.2°C12.7°C70%7.9°C1021.2hPa0.0mmCALM0km/hr
0knots
0km/hr
0knots

Closest Climatic Station

Adelaide (Kent Town)
Distance from North Road Cemetery 3.68km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C29.329.426.422.718.916.115.316.619.021.825.227.0
Mean Min. °C17.117.215.312.410.28.17.58.29.711.514.115.6
Mean Rain mm19.013.527.239.659.979.374.768.859.243.130.929.0

Update History

Comments & Reviews

Post a Comment
Loading...
Add Photos & Files
Open in Traveller App

Sponsored Links