Home > New Zealand > Southland > Gore District > Otaraia Cemetery
Memorials : 0
Location : Gore District, New Zealand
Website : www.goredc.govt.nz/our-services/cemeteries/
Coordinate : -46.1978780, 169.0815990
Description : Established 1880In 1879, settlers at Otaraia (then often spelt Otaria) petitioned the Otago Waste Lands Board for land for a cemetery at Otaraia. They were granted ten acres of land adjoining the Otaraia township reserve. By 1883 there had been little work done to improve the cemetery reserve, and the Otaraia correspondent to the "Otago Witness" was pointedly wondering who the trustees of the Cemetery actually were. This seems to have spurred the settlers into action, and in the subsequent few months, three burials took place, of children who had died in infancy. In December 1884, the "Mataura Ensign" published... Read More

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  • Where is Otaraia Cemetery?

    Otaraia Cemetery is located at Kaiwera Road Gore District ,Southland ,New Zealand.

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    0 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Otaraia Cemetery?

    Latitude: -46.1978780
    Longitude: 169.0815990

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