| Pine Creek |
This headstone data comes from the small settlement of Pine Creek, on the Darwin-Katherine highway of the Northern Territory (the Stuart Highway). The cemetery is just to the east of the town itself, on the relatively new bypass, and close to where the as yet unbuilt rail will be laid.It is a somewhat unkempt place, notable for some immense termite mounds within the fenced off area of the cemetery. It may also be considered as interesting that many of the headstones are constructed of a local stone that is virtually raw but for the quite excellent carvings on the one face of each.
It must at all times be realised that the Territory is a relatively new part of Australia in terms of formal records and artifacts, and thus cemeteries appear much more modern than elsewhere in Australia. It was not that people were not in the hot, fever-ridden swamps, but that when they died they were buried where they lay, or not at all.
In this listing all decipherable headstones are included, but there are many graves marked only by rusting steel crosses, with no indication of date or name.
Actual headstone data; + Data from other sources
Surname: Ah Yu
First names: Chun Lan
Born: 11 Jan 1891 At:
Died: 28 Feb 1958 At:
Age: 67 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: With Jimmy Cheong Ah Yu (father?). 'beloved
parent, grandparent and great-grandparents'.
Surname: Ah Yu
First names: Jimmy Cheong
Born: 16 Mar 1855 At:
Died: 15 May 1940 At:
Age: 85 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: With Chun Lan Ah Yu. 'beloved parent, grandparent and
great-grandparents'.
Surname: Cain
First names: Bill
Born: 1904 At:
Died: 1987 At:
Age: 83 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Dowling
First names: Ted
Born: 1915 At:
Died: 30 Aug 1931 At:
Age: 16 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Duncan
First names: Morag
Born: 14 Sep 1951 At:
Died: 24 Dec 1995 At:
Age: 44 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Fay
First names: Joseph P.
Born: At:
Died: 4 Sep 1970 At:
Age: Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Frith
First names: Frank
Born: At:
Died: 1 Jul 1918 At: Accidentally killed
Age: Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'beloved husband of Mary'.
Surname: Genat
First names: Peter James
Born: 3 Mar 1985 At:
Died: 6 Dec 1986 At:
Age: 1 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: Precious son of Ian Lindsay and June Genat, brother to
Leah,Daniel and Markus'.
Surname: Gory
First names: Alex
Born: 15 May 1882 At:
Died: 18 Feb 1989 At:
Age: 107 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Heers
First names: Jessica
Born: 1985 At:
Died: 1999 At:
Age: 14 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Hollis
First names: Stan
Born: 1904 At:
Died: 1975 At:
Age: 71 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Houston
First names: Bill
Born: 1919 At:
Died: 1987 At:
Age: 68 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Jacobsen
First names: Bill
Born: 1902 At:
Died: 1936 At:
Age: 34 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: Remembered by Dolly,Ethel and Rose.
Surname: Jensen
First names: Norm
Born: 1912 At:
Died: 1992 At:
Age: 88 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'gone drovin'.
Surname: Lee
First names: Robert Howard
Born: 1905 At:
Died: 3 Sep 1981 At:
Age: 76 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'erected by his family'.
Surname: McCulloch
First names: V.
Born: 1932 At:
Died: 1991 At:
Age: 59 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'Here lies Shorty, rattlin' along, 40000 blowflies
can't be wrong'.
Surname: Miller
First names: Graeme Robert ('Go-Fast')
Born: 12 Apr 1955 At:
Died: 2 Dec 1996 At:
Age: 41 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Morrison
First names: Craig Alistair Maclaine
Born: 26 Aug 1960 At:
Died: 24 Dec 1995 At:
Age: 35 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Naughton
First names: James Eugene
Born: 1927 At:
Died: 25 Aug 1987 At:
Age: 60 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'husband of Sylvia (dec), father of Tommy,Jimmy and
Heather'.
Surname: Stevens
First names: George
Born: 1873 At:
Died: 31 Jan 1937 At: Ketherine,NT
Age: 64 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: 'my dear husband and our father'.
Surname: Teague
First names: P.
Born: 1907 At:
Died: 1985 At:
Age: 78 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Woodman
First names: Bill
Born: At:
Died: 7 Nov 1985 At:
Age: Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments:
Surname: Young
First names: Albert George ('Bogga')
Born: 1904 At:
Died: 1983 At:
Age: 79 Buried: Pine Creek, NT
Comments: Husband of Mayse, father of Marlene,Russell,Darren,Glen,
Leonie,Robert,Sandra and Susanne.
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