This watercolour by George Sinclair shows the neglected state of the disused cemetery in Arthur St before its clearance. PHOTO: ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY : Earliest of cemeteries
This watercolour by George Sinclair shows the neglected state of the disused cemetery in Arthur St before its clearance. PHOTO: ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY : Earliest of cemeteries
The old Arthur St burial ground soon after its transformation into a park, c. 1881-84, showing the obelisk erected to the memory of those buried there, most of whom were reinterred in the Southern Cemetery. The black pine planted over the grave of... : Earliest of cemeteries
The old Arthur St burial ground soon after its transformation into a park, c. 1881-84, showing the obelisk erected to the memory of those buried there, most of whom were reinterred in the Southern Cemetery. The black pine planted over the grave of... : Earliest of cemeteries
Earliest of cemeteries
James Campbell is not a famous man, even in Dunedin history, but he has the distinction of being the first person buried in the city's first...