Cemetery and Burial Records
This section offers an overview of historical cemeteries in the Yankalilla district and access to burial records compiled by the Society. Whether you're researching family connections or local history, we invite you to explore the resources available here.
Cemeteries of the Yankalilla District
Several cemeteries were established in the early years of the Yankalilla district:
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three Public Cemeteries
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nine Church Cemeteries, and
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three small Private Cemeteries.
*Some of these Cemeteries are no longer used but six of them remain in use
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Public Cemeteries:
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Yankalilla*
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Bullaparinga*
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Cockatoo Hill
Church Cemeteries:
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Christ Church Anglican*
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St James Anglican*
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St Paul’s Anglican
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Normanville Wesleyan
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Normanville Roman Catholic*
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Inman Valley Bible Christian
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Harcourt Wesleyan
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Torrens Vale Bible Christian
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Myponga Bible Christian*
Small Private Cemeteries - 3​​
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New Publication
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A recent publication of the Society gives a brief history of these Cemeteries. It also lists burials from the 1850s up to about 1900.
A selection of headstones from each of the cemeteries is included with information about some of the people interred there.
Copies can be purchased for $10 at the Fleurieu Coast Visitor Centre.
Old Burials
In this section you can search by Name for an individual’s burial site.
When the Society was established, one of its inaugural undertakings involved the meticulous gathering of cemetery-related data within the district.
This comprehensive effort involved consulting Church Burial Registers, Council Cemetery Registers, local family histories, the SA Death Register, family notices in newspapers, and transcripts of headstones.
The information we present here is as accurate as we could verify through these sources.
Cemetery ​Self guided walks
Brochures for self-guided walks of selected graves in seven cemeteries in the District are available in PDF
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Additional information
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​Anglican Cemeteries
A map showing basic burial details and plot numbers for the two local Anglican Cemeteries can be found on the Chronicle digital cemetery site.
​More recent burials
For details about burials beyond 1900 we recommend reaching out to the District Council of Yankalilla.
