Burketown Cemetery

Many Chinese burials at Burketown Cemetery.

Burketown Cemetery

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Burketown Cemetery records begin recording Chinese burials in 1890 and these continue through to the present day with many families of mixed heritage carrying the names of their Chinese ancestor.

Also buried in the same cemetery is Constable Richard Alford who was responsible for the arrest and return of some of those attempting enter Queensland from the Northern Territory without paying the poll tax.

Grave of Sarah Chong, Burketown Cemetery

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Grave of Constable Richard Henry Alford who arrested Chinese men attempting to cross into Queensland from the Northern Territory for poll tax evasion.

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