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Heritage listing for Atherton War Cemetery
The Atherton War Cemetery is one of the latest entries in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Queensland Heritage Council Chair David Eades said the cemetery, situated within the Atherton Cemetery Reserve on the Kennedy Highway on the outskirts of Atherton, was an important memorial site to Australian soldiers and airmen who fought and died during war time, particularly in New Guinea.
“North Queensland, and particularly the Atherton Tablelands, was an important military site during Australia’s involvement in World War II between 1941 and 1945,” Mr Eades said.
“Established in 1942, the Atherton War Cemetery is closely associated with the Imperial (later Commonwealth) War Graves Commission that was established by Sir Fabian Ware in 1921 to commemorate all individuals killed during war and to provide their families with a dignified and lasting memorial.
“Very specific guidelines relating to the design of each cemetery were established by the Imperial War Graves Commission which included features such as uniform headstones in regular rows, the Cross of Sacrifice and manicured gardens.
“These features were used in about 2,500 war cemeteries constructed in approximately 150 countries around the world which with aim of providing dignified and reverential memorial sites to the fallen soldiers.
“These key characteristics and the aesthetic quality they create have strong associations with four internationally significant architects: Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Herbert Baker, Sir Reginald Blomfield and Charles Holden, who established a set of key principles regarding the development and management of the cemeteries.
“These principles determined that each of those interred should be commemorated by name on the headstone or memorial; headstones and memorials should be permanent; headstones should be uniform; and there should be no distinction made on account of military or civil rank, race or creed.”
The Atherton War Cemetery contains a Cross of Sacrifice and 164 graves and headstones for soldiers and airmen killed during World War II.
“The graves represent 19 different Australian services and corps including: Infantry, Army Service Corps, Air Force, Volunteer Defence Corps, Medical Corps and Engineers, and one grave belongs to a member of the Young Men's Christian Association,” he said.
“The Atherton War Cemetery is an evocative site. The formality of the place—with its Cross of Sacrifice and uniform white marble headstones arranged in a regular pattern within a manicured lawn and horticultural border—distinguish it from the less formalised layout of the general cemetery.”
The cemetery was nominated for entry in the Queensland Heritage Register following the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s statewide heritage survey in north Queensland.
The Queensland Heritage Council is the state’s independent peak body and advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Places that are entered in the Heritage Register are considered of importance to Queensland’s history and are protected under heritage legislation.