Station Creek Cemetery - Quiz
Station Creek Cemetery
  • 1. In what year was Station Creek Cemetery opened?
A) 1910
B) 1902
C) c. 1899
D) 1886
  • 2. When was Station Creek Cemetery added to the Queensland Heritage Register?
A) 18 January 1886
B) 25 October 2002
C) January 2000
D) 12 April 1886
  • 3. Who completed the survey for the cemetery in 1899?
A) H.E. Young
B) Charles McGowan
C) W.A. Irwin
D) John McKinlay
  • 4. What is the total area of Station Creek Cemetery?
A) 1 hectare
B) 2.5 hectares
C) 5 hectares
D) 0.5 hectares
  • 5. In which Australian state is the Shire of Croydon located?
A) Western Australia
B) New South Wales
C) Victoria
D) Queensland
  • 6. What is the alternative name for Station Creek Cemetery?
A) Lady Mary Cemetery
B) Golden Gate Cemetery
C) Sunset Cemetery
D) Tabletop Cemetery
  • 7. When was the Croydon area first proclaimed a goldfield?
A) 1899
B) 1900
C) 1881
D) 18 January 1886
  • 8. Which explorer searched for Burke and Wills in the Croydon area in 1862?
A) H.E. Young
B) William Hodgkinson
C) James Graham MacDonald
D) John McKinlay
  • 9. Which specific mine was the deepest on the Croydon goldfields?
A) Lady Mary
B) Golden Gate PC
C) Plants Block
D) Roger's No. 1
  • 10. What event caused the Croydon mining companies to lower wages in 1889?
A) A strike
B) The 1893 crash
C) A cyclone
D) Low wool prices
  • 11. What was the main reason for the financial 'crash' of 1893?
A) An industrial strike
B) Low wool prices
C) Banks closed doors and gold buying ceased
D) A massive flood
  • 12. What percentage of the Croydon population was Chinese by the end of 1888?
A) Approx 300 out of 3500
B) 50%
C) None
D) 1000
  • 13. Which person was responsible for ejecting all Chinese from the Croydon and Etheridge goldfields in 1888?
A) Charles McGowan
B) William Hodgkinson
C) W.C. Brown
D) L.E.D. Towner
  • 14. What was the primary role of the Chinese community in Croydon?
A) Mining engineers
B) Gardeners, carriers and cooks
C) Hotel owners
D) Bank managers
  • 15. Which local cemetery is the only one in the Croydon district still in use today?
A) Station Creek Cemetery
B) Tabletop Cemetery
C) Golden Gate Cemetery
D) Croydon Cemetery
  • 16. In what direction is Station Creek Cemetery located from Croydon?
A) North west
B) South east
C) South west
D) North east
  • 17. The cemetery is located near which creek?
A) Station Creek
B) Normanton Creek
C) Belmore Creek
D) Golden Gate Creek
  • 18. How many clearly marked graves are at the cemetery?
A) One
B) Thirty-six
C) Thirty-four
D) Two
  • 19. Who is the young girl buried in one of the marked graves?
A) Elizabeth Smith
B) Charlotte Brown
C) Jane Doe
D) Mary Jones
  • 20. What is the grave of Charlotte Brown marked by?
A) A marble headstone
B) A metal railing
C) A wooden cross
D) A stone cairn
  • 21. What is found on the eastern boundary of the cemetery?
A) A gravel stockpile
B) A river
C) A paved road
D) A forest
  • 22. What type of soil is found at the cemetery site?
A) Rich volcanic soil
B) Fine grained, sandy soil
C) Heavy clay
D) Rocky granite
  • 23. How many total graves are evidenced at the site?
A) 34
B) 100
C) 2
D) 36
  • 24. What is the terrain of the cemetery like?
A) Flat and level
B) Steep and mountainous
C) Gently sloping
D) Marshy and sunken
  • 25. What type of trees are scattered through the site?
A) Pines
B) Oaks
C) Eucalypts
D) Maples
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