OFF QUORN - HAWKER RD,
GORDON SA
The photos in this file were generously donated by Jennifer and her friend Wayne
Carslake
This file contains an index only to headstone photos.
It is not a complete list of all of those interred there and some photos
may not be of good quality.
If you would like a photo emailed to you, please note the cemetery, name and photo
number
Email link
located on the Cemetery Index Page
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photo |
surname |
details |
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5 |
BOLE |
MARGARET MENZIES 1891 AGE 52, WIFE OF JAMES, JAMES INF AND 2 |
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7 |
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CHARLES W 1873 AGE 48 HUSBAND OF HARRIET |
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6 |
HOLYOAKE |
THOMAS SMYTH 1872 AGE 31 |
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8 |
NORTH |
JAMES 1869 AGE 40, HUSBAND OF |
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3 |
Phillips |
Martha 1857 age 46 wife of john r, late of |
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4 |
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LUCY 1869 WIFE OF CHARLES |
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9 |
UNKNOWN |
HEADSTONE NEAR ILLEGIBLE EXCEPT THAT THE SURNAME ENDS IN “D??Y” AND
THE YEAR OF DEATH IS 1871 |
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11 |
UNKNOWN |
BROKEN AND ILLEGIBLE HEADSTONE |
|
10 |
WATSON |
JAMES FREDERICK 1874 AGE 39 HUSBAND OF AGNES |
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The below Information is copied
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kanyaka Station was established as a cattle station in
February 1852 by Hugh Proby. The
both tragic and ironic that in August that same year, Hugh Proby was drowned when he was swept from his horse crossing the swollen
Willochra Creek while trying to herd a mob of cattle during a thunderstorm.
Under subsequent owners, the station grew in size until it was one of the largest in the district with 70 families living and working there.
Because of the difficulties of transport, the station had to be very self-sufficient and Kanyaka station grew to include a large homestead,
cottages for workers, workshops, huts and sheds, mostly built from local stone due to limited supplies of workable local timber. The station
switched from cattle to sheep, but had cows, pigs, and vegetable gardens to supply food for the residents. There was also a cemetery for those
who died, so far from medical help. Note Hugh Proby was not buried in the Kanyaka cemetery, as it had not been established at the time of his
death. Severe droughts resulted in massive losses of sheep and eventually the station was abandoned. Due to its stone construction, many of the
buildings survive today as ruins and are a popular tourist attraction.
Hugh Proby was the third son of the third Earl of Carysfort of
the son of Admiral
Granville Leveson Proby (the third Earl) and Isabella Howard. Hugh Proby emigrated on the ship "
arrived on 30 May 1851 at Port Adelaide, South Australia. He
died on 30 August 1852 in
He was buried the following day. Six years later in 1858 his
grave was marked with an engraved slab shipped from
sisters; it was said to weigh one and a half tons and posed a significant challenge to transport it to the grave site.