Cookardinia Cemetery

[Lady Di]

I know - nobody has ever heard of Cookardinia   
(it's on the Hume Highway between Wagga and Albury - in NSW) but I have just found one of my rellies was buried there in 1876.

I can't find this cemetery listed on any of the Australian Cemetery lists and would love a Memorial Inscription or a grave photo (BIG bonus) - that is, of course, if the grave is actually marked with headstone etc. 

I have seen mention (Google search) that the cemetery was in use as late as 1968 but who knows what's happened since then??

I wont bother with all the details unless SKS just happens to live there or is traveling in that direction

 - pretty please -

Thanks
Di

[tropicalj]

http://www.holbrook.nsw.gov.au/council/10275.html

Di,

the  Greater Hume Shire Council  manage  that area.  perhaps an  email  might  give  you  some  information  on  burials in  the Cookardinia Cemetery

regards JEnn

[Lady Di]

Thanks Jen,

I saw that Wagga also "claimed" the same cemetery.

I'll email Holbrook and see if they can help.

Appreciate your help

Di

[RWTaylor]

Just in case you are still looking, I've found pictures on BillionGraves - a wall of remembrance - there seem to be almost no gravestones at all.

[Lady Di]

Thanks a lot

Good to see further info being easily accessible these days

[wayne GH]

Hi All

I visited the Cookardinia Cemetery back in March 2020 looking for some of my deceased relatives (Post family). There are quite a number of marked graves in the cemetery in both good and bad condition (just like any other cemetery). I intend to past by the cemetery again in the near future if you need me to check for a particular grave or number of graves. There are also websites that allow you to search online for people buried at this cemetery, and nearby cemeteries.

[wayne GH]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the Cookardinia cemetery is still in use with a distant relative of mine buried there in 2016.

[Lady Di]

Thanks for the update wayne GH

Although we've not found a grave/headstone for my relative I understand that a new plaque has been installed on the wall of remembrance.

[wayne GH]

Hi Lady Di

I took a picture of the wall of remembrance and I can read all 20 plaques if you wish for me to check if the plaque is there.

Wayne.