Moonta Cemetery
The Moonta Cemetery in Moonta, South Australia was established under the Moonta Cemetery Trust in May 1866. Burials had occurred prior to that, with the town having been surveyed and land sold in March 1863.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wheal Hughes.
Wheal Hughes
Museum
Photo: Fairv8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia in 1840 and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Wheal Hughes is situated 3½ km northeast of Moonta Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moonta and Moonta Bay.
Moonta
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 166 km north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.
Moonta Bay
Suburb
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of Northern Yorke Peninsula South Australia, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes. Moonta Bay is situated 3 km northwest of Moonta Cemetery.
Port Hughes
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Hughes is a coastal town of 600 people on the western side of Yorke Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination, and the towns of Moonta Bay and Moonta are nearby.
Moonta Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Moonta, South Australia, Australia
- Category: burial
- Location: Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.07495° or 34° 4′ 30″ southLongitude
137.58603° or 137° 35′ 10″ eastOpen location code
4QQVWHGP+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 304193722OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q45024412
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