Brisbane North Quay Herschel Memorial Inscriptions

Photos in cemetery order

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	Peter McCAULEY (son of Peter McCAULEY drowned 5 Jan 1832 aged 3 years and 3 months Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)
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	William ROBERTS (mother: Esther ROBERTS, father: Charles ROBERTS) b: 15 Sep 1828 d: 15 Nov 1831 Peter McCAULEY b: 17 Apr 1826 d: 5 Jan 1832 Jane PITTARD (dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS (remarried) d: 23 Jan 1833 Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)
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	Jane PITTARD (dau of John PITTARD (dec) and Margaret COLLINS (remarried) d: 29 Jan 1855 OR d: 23 Jan 1833 aged 12 mo, 13 days buried at North Quay Brisbane re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881 Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)
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	William Henry ROBERTS (son of Charles ROBERTS) d: 15 Nov 1831 aged 5 y, 2 months was buried at North Quay Brisbane and re-interred Toowong 5 Oct 1881 Brisbane General Cemetery (Toowong)
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	North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)
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	North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)
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	North Quay burial site (Between Herschel and Tank St)

Brisbane North Quay (between Herschel St and Tank St) name index

This is an earlier set of grave site than Skew St 500m west (upstream). It was used for children because the general cemetery was not suitable.)
Bodies were exhumed and transferred to Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong in 1881

North Quay Burial Ground

McCauley	Peter McCauley son of Peter McCauley, died 5th Jan 1832 aged 5 years 8 months
Pittard	Jane Pittard daughter of John Pittard died 29 Jan 1833 aged 12 months 13 days
Roberts	William Roberts son of Charles Roberts, died 15 Nov 1831 aged 5 years 2 months
	Wooden fenced grave without tombstone

ref: GSQ QLD 820 000

More information about
Toowong Cemetery history including history of earlier cemeteries.
The Paddington Cemetery (as described 1907)
CEMETERY AT NORTHERN APPROACH TO WILLIAM JOLLY BRIDGE : Letter of protest against land between Eagle Terrace and Union Street being used for drainage purposes. Mentions land having been used for cemetery purposes in the past.
THE OLD BURIAL GROUND. (1913, October 7). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 4. Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19907521
Some investigations into the site of Brisbane's earliest burial ground - Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland volume 6 issue 2: pp. 389-417 Gill, J. C. H. (James Connal Howard) Brisbane, Qld. Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 1960

Photographed: Plaque and re-interred headstones May 2013

Latitude -27.46881917297673, Longitude 153.0188973702749
Latitude -27° 28’ 8", Longitude 153° 1’ 8"