Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery

Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
Details
Established	1866[1]
Closed	2001
Location	Kenwick, Western Australia
Country	Australia
Coordinates	32°02′32″S 115°58′23″E
Owned by	City of Gosnells
Find a Grave	Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
Western Australia Heritage Register
Official name	Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
Type	Municipal Inventory
Designated	9 May 2017
Reference no.	3248
Municipality	City of Gosnells
Register of the National Estate
Official name	Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
Type	Historic
Criteria	A.4, D.2, F.1
Designated	30 June 1992
Reference no.	18075
Place File Number	5/13/011/0002

Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery is located in Kenwick, Western Australia adjacent to Albany Highway. It is part of the 1.2 hectares (3 acres) of land donated by Wallace Bickley for a school for the children of the Canning in 1863.

In 1865 a rammed earth building with shingle roof was constructed by convicts. Kenwick School, sometimes referred to as Canning School, opened with six pupils and was the district's only school for 20 years. The school, with accommodation for a school teacher and police constable, served as school, courthouse, church, post office and social centre for many years.[2]

The first meeting of the Canning Roads Board met in the school room in 1870. Members were

W.L. Gibbs,
E. Powell,
T. Buckingham Jnr,
J. White,
E.M. Marsh,
F. Watts, and
F. Bird.

A church, St Michael and All Angels, was built on a site next to the school and served the district until the end of the century.

The school closed in 1896 and in 1900 the school and church were demolished. Only the cemetery remains. Over 200 people were buried at the cemetery during its use, however few grave stones remain.[3]

References

"Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, Albany Hwy, Kenwick, WA, Australia". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
"Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery". City of Gosnells. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
Lefevre, Margaret (2009). "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery" (PDF) (2nd ed.). City of Gosnells. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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[anhl-18075-1] "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, Albany Hwy, Kenwick, WA, Australia". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[cog20-2] "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery". City of Gosnells. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[lef09-3] Lefevre, Margaret (2009). "Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery" (PDF) (2nd ed.). City of Gosnells. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.