Quilpie-Thargomindah Road,
Toompine Cemetery is located in south-west Queensland in a spot known as the "pub with no town" for the population is now two - presumably the licensees of the pub. The cemetery consists of a handful of graves, all dated during the first two decades of the 20th century. Tourist information posted at the Toompine pub includes the following details:
"Some distance to the west of the hotel is a small cemetery in which there are ten graves. Only three of these have headstones. Two young children (3 years) are buried there with one dying from gastroenteritis and the other from strychnine poisoning. The strychnine poisoning was caused by the young lad playing on some kangaroo skins that had been treated with arsenic.
"The sister of this young lad travelled to the Toompine area and found the graveyard in disrepair. She carved a sign "Cemery" in a piece of Mulga to mark the graveyard. Quilpie Shire Council has since fenced this cemetery and has used this sign so lovingly placed to mark her brother's final resting place. Other graves are unmarked and information on those graves is limited."
The images for Toompine have been contributed by Peter and Karen Patterson-Kane, who visited the location in May 2011. The list of inscriptions for this cemetery has been compiled with reference to the Queensland online indices of births, deaths and marriages for additional information.
Toompine is 78km south of Quilpie via the Quilpie - Thargomindah Road. Lat -27.217500, Long 144.365800
Toompine Cemetery is in the care of Quilpie Shire Council. For further information, contact Council at PO Box 57, Quilpie QLD 4480; phone 07 4656 0500; email: admin@quilpie.qld.gov.au
21 May 2011