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St Arnaud Cemetery, 108 Cemetery Road, ST ARNAUD
Location108 Cemetery Road ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The St. Arnaud Cemetery, 108 Cemetery Road, St. Arnaud, has significance as a largely intact rural cemetery established in 1858, with several 19th century graves, headstones, other cemetery architecture, as well as two Victorian Gothic Rotundas and a row of mature Californian palm trees. The St. Arnaud Cemetery is aesthetically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Collectively, it demonstrates some original visual and design qualities, providing a rural 19th century cemetery setting. The particular intact or appropriate visual and design qualities include the graves, headstones, cast iron balustrades and the mature Californian palm trees. The Victorian Gothic style rotundas, with their octagonal forms, pyramidal galvanised corrugated iron roofs, worked timber columns, point arch and timber lattice valances (larger rotunda), finials, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding (smaller rotunda) and point timber framed windows and timber door (smaller rotunda) also make a substantial contribution to the significance of the place. The St. Arnaud Cemetery is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with and contributes to an understanding of the development of the local St. Arnaud area from 1858 until the present day. The St. Arnaud Cemetery is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and valued by the St. Arnaud community for cultural, spiritual and commemorative reasons. Overall, the St. Arnaud Cemetery is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Cemeteries and Burial Sites
Category
Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground