Who established Dunedin? Meet the men buried in the Northern Cemetery who took Dunedin from backwater to boom town and left a lasting influence on the city.
Why are so many graves in the Northern Cemetery adorned with roses? This trail describes some of the original memorial roses and their symbolism to Victorian mourners.
Take a walk among the memorials of an architect and eight artists whose work enriched the culture of Dunedin during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Tragedies abound in the Northern Cemetery. This trail explores the graves of some of Dunedin’s most tragic figures.
The Northern Cemetery, located in Dunedin's Town Belt, is picturesque and easily accessible. This trail is a tour of twelve grave sites which feature sculptures of angels. A printed guide is available from the Sexton's Cottage Information Gallery.
Dunedin's picturesque Northern Cemetery is the last resting-place for over 8000 women. On this trail you will visit the graves of a few of them--high and low, rich and poor, renowned and obscure. A printed guide is available from the Sexton's Cottage.
This trail encompasses the memorials of sixteen sons of our local community who were lost during the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. None of these young men came home.
Cemetery Trails
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