Chinese section, Vaughan Cemetery

The Vaughan Cemetery Chinese Section was established during the great Mount Alexander gold rush of the early 1850s.

Vaughan Chinese Cemetery

Image Courtesy of: Goldfields Guide

The cemetery is located on a small hill overlooking one of the richest spots on the goldfield (the junction of Fryers Creek and Loddon River). The cemetery was restored in 1929 using money raised within the Chinese communities of Bendigo and Castlemaine.

Goldfields Guide, Vaughan Chinese Cemetery

Vaughan Chinese Cemetery itself also has an "impressive Chinese burial section lies at the back of the Vaughan Cemetery, with several rows of small headstones."

Goldfields Guide, Vaughan Cemetery, Chinese Section

Vaughan Chinese Cemetery

Image Courtesy of: Goldfields Guide