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Alma Street Cemetery

Memorials	:	198
Location	:	Fremantle City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-32.0590820, 115.7531200
Description	:	The Alma Street Cemetery served Fremantle from 1831-1855. Fremantle Primary School now occupies the city block bounded by what are now Alma, Brennan, Stevens, and Attfield Streets. The first recognised cemetery in the Swan River Colony, the old burying ground in Alma Street was opened in 1831 and was in use for over 20 years. After the opening of the cemetery in Skinner Street, the only interments permitted in Alma Street were those of persons who had near relatives buried there. The site that the school in Alma Street now occupies was the original Fremantle Cemetery and then the council rubbish... Read More	The Alma Street Cemetery served Fremantle from 1831-1855. Fremantle Primary School now occupies the city block bounded by what are now Alma, Brennan, Stevens, and Attfield Streets. The first recognised cemetery in the Swan River Colony, the old burying ground in Alma Street was opened in 1831 and was in use for over 20 years. After the opening of the cemetery in Skinner Street, the only interments permitted in Alma Street were those of persons who had near relatives buried there. The site that the school in Alma Street now occupies was the original Fremantle Cemetery and then the council rubbish tip. They ploughed in all the old cemetery headstones and iron railings when they closed the cemetery and turned it into a tip. in 1929 they dug it up and took away all the stones and railings and carted them to Stevens Street and buried everything at the east side of the Stevens Street cricket reserve. They then turned the tip into a park. The burial ground was consecrated in 1831 although proclamation was not until 27 August 1847. The first recorded burial was on the 3 April 1831 for John Livesay, a boatswain, who died of Scurvy aged 32. The oldest surviving headstone was of Ann Morrell who died on 8 Oct 1832, now re-interred at the current Fremantle Cemetery. The cemetery was closed in 1855 and burials occurred at the Skinner Street cemetery, which is now the location of the John Curtin High School oval. In 1961 the land became part of the South Terrace School, which is now known as the Fremantle Primary School. In December 2001 a heritage garden was established and seven headstones were returned to the site. These were: Phineas Fish, 16 Mar 1856, 37 years Mary Henderson, 27 Dec 1855, 29 years George Hodges, 25 May 1854, 42 years William George HODGES 11 Aug 1872 22 John Hogan, 15 Jul 1857 Catherine Nelson, 31 Oct 1856, 6 years 10 months Alice Wray, 13 Oct 1851, 15 months Henry Wray, 26 Dec 1855, 9 months The interments listed in this cemetery are taken from church registers and are incomplete due to missing registers or information.

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Latitude: -32.0590820
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