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FORMER CAMPBELL'S RUSH BURIAL GROUND
LocationARARAT HALLS GAP ROAD, MOYSTON LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The site contains the burials of the ‘pioneers of Campbell’s Rush’. It is unknown how many burials may be within the site as the burial ground is likely to have been open from 1857 until at least 1863.
How is it significant?
The site is of local historical, social, and archaeological significance.
Why is it significant?
The site is of historical significance for its association with the Campbell’s Reef Rush and early ‘pioneers’ in the area, and practices of human burial and commemoration. The site is also of historical significance as part of the development of the Ararat rush. The site is of archaeological significance for its potential to contain human remains associated with a small regional goldfield.
Group
Cemeteries and Burial Sites
Category
Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground