Allora Cemetery
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Allora Cemetery, 2015
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| Location | Allora-Clifton Road, Allora, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°01′11″S 151°58′38″E / 28.0197°S 151.9773°ECoordinates: 28°01′11″S 151°58′38″E / 28.0197°S 151.9773°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1864 |
| Official name: Allora Cemetery | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 27 April 2001 |
| Reference no. | 602153 |
| Significant period | 1864-ongoing (fabric, historical use) |
| Significant components | tower - bell / belfry, grave surrounds/railings, toilet block/earth closet/water closet, headstone, columbarium, plaque, shed - tools, pathway/walkway, tree groups - avenue of, burial/grave, memorial/monument, memorial - pavilion, gate - entrance, grave marker, denominational divisions, road/roadway |
 Location of Allora Cemetery in Queensland
Location of Allora Cemetery in Queensland
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Allora Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on Allora-Clifton Road, Allora, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1864. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 April 2001.
Allora Cemetery on the Allora-Clifton Road is north west of Allora. While the cemetery was established in 1864, the oldest headstone dates from 1867. It has always been organised with denominational sections and includes monuments and memorials pertaining to those who lived in Allora and the surrounding district, including the William Mitchner Shelter-shed.
Allan Cunningham's exploration of the southern Darling Downs in 1827 first revealed the potential of the Darling Downs for pastoral and agricultural usage. In the 1840s pastoralists moved into the area and shepherds on Goomburra Run built huts at the base of Allora Mountain where it was easiest to cross the Dalrymple Creek. It became a popular camping place for teamsters on the Warwick-Drayton Road and was the beginning of Allora Township. The first inn was built in 1857 and the town was surveyed in 1859 with the first town land sales on 5 March 1860. During the 1860s as Allora became a service centre to the surrounding black soil farms the town acquired a police station, post office, national school, cemetery and courthouse.
In 1869 Allora was granted municipal status (Borough of Allora), but the railhead bypassed the town being established instead at Hendon. During the 1870s a flour mill, school of arts, saddlery and sawmill were opened. Allora continued to develop as the administration and service centre for the township and local wheat and dairy farmers.
The first burial in Allora Cemetery was that of John Rhinehart in 1864. Unfortunately the timber cross marking has grave has long since disappeared. Dr Sadjucis, a German, was the Allora doctor in the 1860s. He had a heart attack while on horseback at Spring Creek and was buried in Allora cemetery. However, the oldest extant headstone is that of Clifton Station manager Charles Henry Bullock, who was buried in the Church of England section in 1867.
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