Darwin Pioneer Cemetery

Darwin Pioneer Cemetery was the first official cemetery opened in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was originally known as Palmerston Cemetery. The cemetery stands as a testament to the many different cultural groups with different religious affiliations that lived in the early years of the city. Proposed in 1869, when the original survey for a town was conducted, the first burials took place around 1872 or 1873. The cemetery closed in 1919; however, a number of burials were carried out after its closure including people that were associated with the pioneering families. Overall, about 1,230 burials took place, although 450 burials were not recorded by Births, Deaths and Marriages.