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Gympie Cemetery

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:  Cemetery
:  cemeteries / graves / headstones,  cemetery sections, Chinese
:  South (Qld)
:  Gympie
:  c.1860 to 2025

Gympie general cemetery has a separate “non-Christian” section referred to as the Pagan section - Chinese, South Sea Islanders, and Aboriginals. There are also various Chinese people’s graves scattered among the denominations, including Choy Show.

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Ah Young, Gympie Cemetery

Image Courtesy of: CAHS

No grave markers have survived in the Pagan section. A memorial to Chinese people was erected in 2014.

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Memorial to those buried in unmarked graves

Image Courtesy of: CAHS
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Pagan section Gympie Cemetery

Image Courtesy of: CAHS
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Memorial to those buried in unmarked graves

Image Courtesy of: CAHS