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Established
  
1872

Country
  
Founded
  
1872

Location
  
Signal Hill, Dunedin

Size
  
8-hectare (20-acre)

Dunedin Northern Cemetery

Address
  
40 Lovelock Ave, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Burials
  
William Larnach, Thomas Bracken, Robert Lawson, Harry Atkinson, Vincent Pyke, Charles Stephen Reeves

The Dunedin Northern Cemetery is a major historic cemetery in the southern New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located close to Lovelock Avenue on a spur of Signal Hill close to the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the suburb of Opoho, overlooking Dunedin North and Logan Park. The 8-hectare (20-acre) site was set aside in 1872, with the last plot being purchased in 1937. The cemetery forms part of Dunedin's Town belt, a green belt surrounding the inner city.

The cemetery contains many notable graves and tombs, most prominently the mausoleum of William Larnach, designed by R.A. Lawson as a miniature replica of First Church. Other notable burials and interments include Thomas Bracken and Vincent Pyke.

There are war graves of 17 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I and 3 from World War II.

The sexton's cottage at the entrance to the cemetery contains a visitor's centre. A commemorative lookout, the Bracken Lookout, is located at the southern end of the cemetery, and commands views across Logan Park, the University of Otago and central city.

The cemetery is listed on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register as a Historic Place - Category I.

References

Dunedin Northern Cemetery Wikipedia


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