Location Name - Broome - Chinese Cemetery
Port Road
Broome 6725

County/Council: Shire of Broome
Region: Kimberley
Location ID: 10104332


Website:
http://www.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/state-heritage-office/broome-cemetry (Heritage Council / State Heritage Office)
http://www.broome.wa.gov.au/Home

 
Categories:
CEMETERIES / GRAVEYARDS - *
CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - *
CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - Outback Towns
LANDSCAPES - *
LANDSCAPES - Bushland / Scrub
HERITAGE - *
LANDSCAPES - Red Dirt
OUTBACK - *

Description:
Established in 1890, its cemetery is now a rarity because it comprises three non-Christian cemeteries, each demonstrating the influences of different burial customs - the distinctive geometric stones and the western face of the Japanese headstones; the double figure forms and north-south alignment of the Muslim grave sites; and the simple Chinese graves that face east.

Jurisdictions::
Kimberly Land Council, Shire of Broome, Heritage Council/ State Heritage Office, National Trust of Australia (WA)

photos:

photo ID#: 3159468


photo ID#: 3159469


photo ID#: 3159470