Station Creek Cemetery - Quiz
Station Creek Cemetery
  • 1. In what year was Station Creek Cemetery opened?
A) 1910
B) 1886
C) c. 1899
D) 1902
  • 2. When was Station Creek Cemetery added to the Queensland Heritage Register?
A) 25 October 2002
B) 12 April 1886
C) 18 January 1886
D) January 2000
  • 3. Who completed the survey for the cemetery in 1899?
A) John McKinlay
B) Charles McGowan
C) W.A. Irwin
D) H.E. Young
  • 4. What is the total area of Station Creek Cemetery?
A) 1 hectare
B) 2.5 hectares
C) 0.5 hectares
D) 5 hectares
  • 5. In which Australian state is the Shire of Croydon located?
A) Victoria
B) Western Australia
C) Queensland
D) New South Wales
  • 6. What is the alternative name for Station Creek Cemetery?
A) Lady Mary Cemetery
B) Sunset Cemetery
C) Golden Gate Cemetery
D) Tabletop Cemetery
  • 7. When was the Croydon area first proclaimed a goldfield?
A) 1900
B) 18 January 1886
C) 1881
D) 1899
  • 8. Which explorer searched for Burke and Wills in the Croydon area in 1862?
A) H.E. Young
B) John McKinlay
C) William Hodgkinson
D) James Graham MacDonald
  • 9. Which specific mine was the deepest on the Croydon goldfields?
A) Roger's No. 1
B) Golden Gate PC
C) Lady Mary
D) Plants Block
  • 10. What event caused the Croydon mining companies to lower wages in 1889?
A) A strike
B) Low wool prices
C) The 1893 crash
D) A cyclone
  • 11. What was the main reason for the financial 'crash' of 1893?
A) A massive flood
B) Banks closed doors and gold buying ceased
C) Low wool prices
D) An industrial strike
  • 12. What percentage of the Croydon population was Chinese by the end of 1888?
A) None
B) 1000
C) Approx 300 out of 3500
D) 50%
  • 13. Which person was responsible for ejecting all Chinese from the Croydon and Etheridge goldfields in 1888?
A) L.E.D. Towner
B) William Hodgkinson
C) W.C. Brown
D) Charles McGowan
  • 14. What was the primary role of the Chinese community in Croydon?
A) Hotel owners
B) Mining engineers
C) Bank managers
D) Gardeners, carriers and cooks
  • 15. Which local cemetery is the only one in the Croydon district still in use today?
A) Station Creek Cemetery
B) Croydon Cemetery
C) Golden Gate Cemetery
D) Tabletop Cemetery
  • 16. In what direction is Station Creek Cemetery located from Croydon?
A) South east
B) South west
C) North west
D) North east
  • 17. The cemetery is located near which creek?
A) Normanton Creek
B) Golden Gate Creek
C) Belmore Creek
D) Station Creek
  • 18. How many clearly marked graves are at the cemetery?
A) One
B) Thirty-four
C) Thirty-six
D) Two
  • 19. Who is the young girl buried in one of the marked graves?
A) Jane Doe
B) Elizabeth Smith
C) Mary Jones
D) Charlotte Brown
  • 20. What is the grave of Charlotte Brown marked by?
A) A stone cairn
B) A marble headstone
C) A wooden cross
D) A metal railing
  • 21. What is found on the eastern boundary of the cemetery?
A) A paved road
B) A gravel stockpile
C) A forest
D) A river
  • 22. What type of soil is found at the cemetery site?
A) Heavy clay
B) Rocky granite
C) Rich volcanic soil
D) Fine grained, sandy soil
  • 23. How many total graves are evidenced at the site?
A) 2
B) 100
C) 36
D) 34
  • 24. What is the terrain of the cemetery like?
A) Steep and mountainous
B) Marshy and sunken
C) Gently sloping
D) Flat and level
  • 25. What type of trees are scattered through the site?
A) Eucalypts
B) Maples
C) Pines
D) Oaks
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