Oban Station Private Cemetery
Address: Backwater 2365 NSW
The information on this cemetery has been provided by Mrs Dorothy Griffey who visited and listed the inscriptions in 1987. Oban Station was originally selected by Andrew Coventry in 1830. The cemetery contain his remains and those of other family members and employees, as well as one person from another property. Mrs Drew, of Oban Station, was able to give Dorothy details of the unmarked burials and these have been included on the list of all inscriptions for this cemetery.
More recently, further data has been supplied by Heather Burke. That data was collected for the "Cemeteries/Burials New England Project (2000)" initiated by Professor Iain Davidson and funded by a Research Infrastructure Block Grant, University of New England. The data was collected with the assistance of Arnold Goode (Uralla), Helen Nancarrow and Bruce Cady (Kelly's Plains), Nan Mullen (Wollomombi), Peter Chambers (Saumarez Ponds), David and Beverley Barratt (Tamworth).
No images are available at the present time. If anyone is able and willing to photograph the inscriptions, please contact Reg McDonell.
How to find it
Oban Station is a property on the Guyra to Backwater Road, about 4km south of Backwater.
Administration details
The cemetery is on private land and maintained by the property owner. Access to the cemetery must be first arranged with him.
Inscriptions
The number of inscriptions for this cemetery is 17
The listing was last updated on 2006-06-30
The listing was complete as at 1987-12-31
See the list of all inscriptions for Oban Station Private Cemetery.
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Updating this information
If you have any suggestions for additions or corrections to this information, please contact Reg McDonell.