CEMETERY

Adelaide Observer,
Saturday 5 September 1874, page 3
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159478998

The Dublin History Group has further information about the Dublin Cemetery, as well as family histories. If you need to know more, or would like to forward a family history, please contact The Dublin History Group here or contact us via the details on our front page.

The Adelaide Plains Council is responsible for the care and maintenance of a number of cemeteries. Contact the Adelaide Plains Council for more information

CEMETERY TIMELINE

1999 - Mr Thomspon completed the cemetery clean up and planted a number of trees, he also started work on finding and temporarily marking out unmarked graves

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	Adelaide Observer, Saturday 5 September 1874, page 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159478998		The Dublin History Group has further information about the Dublin Cemetery, as well as family histories. If you need to know more, or would like to forward a family history, please contact The Dublin History Group here or contact us via the details on our front page.
	The Adelaide Plains Council is responsible for the care and maintenance of a number of cemeteries. Contact the Adelaide Plains Council for more information
	CEMETERY TIMELINE
	1876 - The District Council of Dublin decided on the 30th October that a cemetery be "laid out". 1882 – January 30 tenders were called for the layout and marking of the Dublin Cemetery 1884 - June 23rd a portion of the cemetery was to be set aside for the use of the Mormons and Catholic communities
	1887 - Mr. Carrier was the appointed curator in October and the costs for grave digging were 1 pound for adults and fifteen shillings for children under 12 years of age. 1955 – The original cemetery gates were stolen; the employees of the Mallala District Council’s workshop made and replaced the gates
	1993 - The Mallala Greening Group planted 200 native trees around the outside of the cemetery boundaries in the reserve . 1997- Mr. Brian Grocke removed all the car bodies that had been dumped in the reserve behind the western fence line 1998 - Mr Bob Thompson (deceased April 2004), a Dublin resident, decided to clean up the cemetery before the launch of the Dublin History Group’s first book in December 1998.
	1999 - Mr Thomspon completed the cemetery clean up and planted a number of trees, he also started work on finding and temporarily marking out unmarked graves
	2000 – Seat Installed 2003- A Memorial Wall was erected for the interment of ashes.
	2005 - The name "DUBLIN CEMETERY" was built by the business Bassett Welding & Fabrication, Lewiston and installed.
	2006 - In memory of Mr. Thompson's work at the cemetery, a marble plaque that lists the names of those who are known to be buried in the cemetery but their grave sites were never recorded.
	2007 – Water connected together with the garden being established. 2010 - Work started on making permanent plaques for Unmarked graves by the Dublin History Group
	2011 - Dublin Cemetery Fence and Gate Restoration Project started 2013 - With work complete the Dublin History Group unveiled a plaque acknowledging those who have worked on the cemetery over the past twenty years. 2022 - Dublin Cemetery Shelter erected

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