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Station Creek Cemetery - Quiz
Contributed by: Halliday
  • 1. In what year was Station Creek Cemetery opened?
A) 1910
B) 1902
C) 1886
D) c. 1899
  • 2. When was Station Creek Cemetery added to the Queensland Heritage Register?
A) January 2000
B) 25 October 2002
C) 18 January 1886
D) 12 April 1886
  • 3. Who completed the survey for the cemetery in 1899?
A) John McKinlay
B) W.A. Irwin
C) Charles McGowan
D) H.E. Young
  • 4. What is the total area of Station Creek Cemetery?
A) 2.5 hectares
B) 5 hectares
C) 1 hectare
D) 0.5 hectares
  • 5. In which Australian state is the Shire of Croydon located?
A) Victoria
B) Western Australia
C) New South Wales
D) Queensland
  • 6. What is the alternative name for Station Creek Cemetery?
A) Golden Gate Cemetery
B) Lady Mary Cemetery
C) Sunset Cemetery
D) Tabletop Cemetery
  • 7. When was the Croydon area first proclaimed a goldfield?
A) 1900
B) 1881
C) 1899
D) 18 January 1886
  • 8. Which explorer searched for Burke and Wills in the Croydon area in 1862?
A) James Graham MacDonald
B) H.E. Young
C) William Hodgkinson
D) John McKinlay
  • 9. Which specific mine was the deepest on the Croydon goldfields?
A) Plants Block
B) Lady Mary
C) Golden Gate PC
D) Roger's No. 1
  • 10. What event caused the Croydon mining companies to lower wages in 1889?
A) A strike
B) A cyclone
C) Low wool prices
D) The 1893 crash
  • 11. What was the main reason for the financial 'crash' of 1893?
A) Banks closed doors and gold buying ceased
B) A massive flood
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) Approx 300 out of 3500
C) 1000
D) 50%
  • 13. Which person was responsible for ejecting all Chinese from the Croydon and Etheridge goldfields in 1888?
A) Charles McGowan
B) L.E.D. Towner
C) William Hodgkinson
D) W.C. Brown
  • 14. What was the primary role of the Chinese community in Croydon?
A) Hotel owners
B) Gardeners, carriers and cooks
C) Bank managers
D) Mining engineers
  • 15. Which local cemetery is the only one in the Croydon district still in use today?
A) Station Creek Cemetery
B) Golden Gate Cemetery
C) Tabletop Cemetery
D) Croydon Cemetery
  • 16. In what direction is Station Creek Cemetery located from Croydon?
A) North west
B) South east
C) South west
D) North east
  • 17. The cemetery is located near which creek?
A) Station Creek
B) Belmore Creek
C) Golden Gate Creek
D) Normanton Creek
  • 18. How many clearly marked graves are at the cemetery?
A) Thirty-four
B) One
C) Thirty-six
D) Two
  • 19. Who is the young girl buried in one of the marked graves?
A) Elizabeth Smith
B) Mary Jones
C) Charlotte Brown
D) Jane Doe
  • 20. What is the grave of Charlotte Brown marked by?
A) A marble headstone
B) A metal railing
C) A wooden cross
D) A stone cairn
  • 21. What is found on the eastern boundary of the cemetery?
A) A gravel stockpile
B) A forest
C) A river
D) A paved road
  • 22. What type of soil is found at the cemetery site?
A) Rocky granite
B) Fine grained, sandy soil
C) Heavy clay
D) Rich volcanic soil
  • 23. How many total graves are evidenced at the site?
A) 2
B) 100
C) 34
D) 36
  • 24. What is the terrain of the cemetery like?
A) Flat and level
B) Marshy and sunken
C) Gently sloping
D) Steep and mountainous
  • 25. What type of trees are scattered through the site?
A) Eucalypts
B) Pines
C) Maples
D) Oaks
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