SETTLER GRAVESITES

The southwest corner of Thomas Lidgett’s paddock, overlooking the creek, and below where the old homestead stood (as stated by two different sources in the 1917 article, they were buried on the station in what is by that time). 

Based on information from land records, the Lidgett family first owned the property on which the Settler Gravesites point is located in 1892, when Robert Lidgett bought the property. The land was passed on to his son Thomas Lidgett after Robert’s death in 1912. This suggests that the location of the Settlers Gravesites point is towards the southwest boundary of the property owned by the Lidgetts, Allotment 5 of Section 3. This location concurs with the description of the location of the burials by Catherine Cooper (nee Pyke) and a Mr Densley, provided in 1917.

The Settler Gravesites is of local historical and archaeological significance.

The Settler Gravesites has the potential to provide information about the way in which early pastoralists, landholders and other residents were buried following death prior to formalised cemeteries being established in early Victoria, or where these were otherwise unable to be accessed. This information may relate to the type, style and materials of headstones and grave surrounds, and to remains of grave goods, coffins or style of burial.