Cliftonville Cemetery

Cliftonville Cemetery

Sign at Cliftonville Cemetery (Glen Hall Collection, October 2002)

Location: Eversleigh Road, Cliftonville, via Sarina, Queensland.
Proceed down Sarina Beach Road from Sarina. Turn down Eversleigh Road and Cemetery is located approx. 1km from intersection of Garrett's Road on left hand side. The Cemetery area is approximately 50 metres by 10 metres.

History: The Cliftonville area was first taken up by Atherton.

Number of Burials: possibly 10 as per Mackay Courthouse Death Register Records.

Notes: The Cemetery only has two identifiable graves left with 3 headstones removed and placed in Sarina Cemetery some time ago by the Shire Council.
The Sarina Shire Council has placed a sign in front of the cemetery as well as placed large white posts around the boundary. (2002).

Monumental Inscriptions: (Click on images for a larger view)

	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: ATHERTON, Charlotte; died 22 March 1905; aged 61 yrs; Neé Paterson; Entry No. 8171 Monumental Inscription: In Loving Memory of / CHARLOTTE / ATHERTON / beloved wife of /Edmund Atherton / departed this life / March 22nd 1905 / aged 61 years / erected by / her sorrowing children. This headstone was relocated to the Sarina Cemetery.
	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: ATHERTON, Colin Bardsley; died 8 November 1906; aged 1 yr, 10 mths ; Entry No. 8394 Monumental Inscription: In fond and tender memory of COLIN BARDSLEY ATHERTON / died at Woonon 8 Nov. 1906 / aged 1 year 10 months.
	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: ATHERTON, Edmund; died 8 February 1899; aged 1 yr; Entry No. 7309. (note incorrect age recorded in register) Monumental Inscription: Sacred to the memory of / EDMUND ATHERTON / who departed this life / February 8th 1899 / aged 59 years. / erected by his loving wife and children. This headstone was relocated to the Sarina Cemetery.
	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: ATHERTON, Laurence Fairfield; died 19 August 1908; aged 1 yr, 5 months; Entry No. 8655. Monumental Inscription: In Memory of / LAWRENCE ATHERTON / only child of / Reg. and Alice Atherton / born about 1903 / died about 17 months.
No Headstone Exists	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: ATHERTON, Stanley; died 14 October 1911; aged 1 yr, 5 months; Entry No. 9139.
No Headstone Exists	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: HUGHES, James William died 28 August 1893; aged 3 yrs; Entry No. 6269
	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: MUGGLETON, James; died 1 June 1901; age 58 yrs, 10 mths, 12 dys; Entry No. 7608. (Burial Marblevilla, Plane Creek) Mackay Courthouse Death Register: MUGGLETON, Hannah Jane; died 17 August 1903; age 58 yrs; Neé McNaughton; Entry No. 7971. (Burial , Plane Creek) Monumental Inscription: In Loving Memory of / our dear father / JAMES MUGGLETON / died 1st June 1901 / aged 58 years / also our dear mother / HANNAH JANE MUGGLETON / died 17th Aug. 1903 / aged 58 years. This headstone was relocated to the Sarina Cemetery.
No Headstone Exists	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: PHILLIPS, Marie Lydia; died 21 November 1904; Age 54 yrs, Neé Wright; Entry No. 8114
No Headstone Exists	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: SPANNAGLE, Elsie May; died 9 March 1917; Age 4 yrs, 4 mths, 10 dys; Entry No. 10045.
	Mackay Courthouse Death Register: WILLIAMS, Margaret Rae; died 29 May 1903; Age 28 yrs, Neé McInnes; Entry No. 7939 Monumental Inscription: In Loving Memory of / MARGARET RAE WILLIAMS / who entered into rest / 29th May 1903 / aged 28 years. This headstone was relocated to the Sarina Cemetery.