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Fortrose Cemetery

Memorials : 24
Location : Fortrose, Southland District, New Zealand
Coordinate : -46.5694400, 168.8088500
Description : 46km from Invercargill on the Southern Scenic Route. The earliest European cemetery in the area with the first burial recorded in 1873. Fortrose was first established as a whaling station in 1834 and one of the early whalers and first white settler, James Wybrow, was buried here in 1878. Also located here is a memorial and some of the graves of the 131 passengers who lost their lives in the SS Tararua shipwreck in 1881 at Waipapa point - NZ's worst civilian maritime disaster. Other passengers graves are located at Tararua Acre Cemetery about 300m of the road to... Read More

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

  • Where is Fortrose Cemetery?

    Fortrose Cemetery is located at 1668 Tokanui Gorge Road Highway Fortrose, Southland District ,Southland ,New Zealand.

  • Fortrose Cemetery cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    19 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Fortrose Cemetery?

    Latitude: -46.5694400
    Longitude: 168.8088500

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