History: 19c Australia

Grimwade, G. 2023

‘A grave situation: burial practices amongst the Chinese diaspora in Queensland, Australia (ca. 1870-1930)’, International Journal of Historical Archaeology, DOI.

Martin, S. 2004

‘Monuments in the garden: the garden cemetery in Australia’, Postcolonial Studies, 7, 3, 333-352.

Muller, S. 2015

‘Colonial experiences of death, burial and memorialisation in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide: applying a phenomenological approach to cultural landscapes in historical archaeology’, Australasian Historical Archaeology,15-26.

Murray, L. 2003

‘“Modern innovations?” Ideal vs reality in colonial cemeteries of nineteenth-century New South Wales’, Mortality, 8:2, 129-143.

Murray, L. 1997

The weeping widow: the gendered spatial demarcation of cemeteries’, in L. Finch & C. McConville (eds) Images of the Urban: Conference Proceedings, Sunshine Coast: Sunshine Coast University College and International Australian Studies Association, 61-65.

Sulkowska, L. 2021

‘Principles and practicalities: the interpretation of nineteenth-century British burial reform in St Kilda Cemetery’, Victorian Historical Journal, 92:1, 61-80.

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract