Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Cardwell Cemetery
Smithfield Cemetery
This small reserve containing one marked
grave is all that remains of the original
Smithfield cemetery gazetted in December 1878.
This cemetery is the only evidence still in existence
of the once thriving and boisterous settlement of
Smithfield, established nearby on the North bank
of the Barron river in November 1876 and named
in honour of pathfinder William Smith.
The town withstood several major floods
in it's short existence before becoming deserted
in 1881 in favour of Port Douglas where Christie
Palmerston had discovered a better dray road
over the coastal range.
More information :
Cairns region: Old Smithfield Cemetery
Find a grave: Smithfield Cemetery Cairns (defunct)
Trove (NLA): Old Smithfield township 1876 to 1879 : a story of a township that was created to be the port on the Barron River / the story is told by Aubrey John Walters
Photographed: July 2016
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