User:Gnangarra/Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery

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memorial wall containing names of all known internees
memorial wall containing names of all known internees

The Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery also known as the Canning Cemetery and the Cannington Cemetery had its first official burial in February 1866 and its closed 27 July 2001,[1] the land was part of a 334 acre parcel of land donated by Wallace Bickley to the community.[2] The area is thought to include the burial site of John Tolland a ticket of leave employee working for Bickley who drowned in 1863 in the Canning River.[3]

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