Local Government
Chapman Valley
Region
Midwest
Chapman Valley Rd Nabawa
Chapman Valley
Midwest
Constructed from 1915
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Statewide War Memorial Survey | Completed | 01 May 1996 | ||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Oct 2012 | Category 3 | |
The Nabawa Cemetery and War Memorial have local social and historic significance for their important role in servicing the community for 100 years. Commemorating local Chapman Valley residents those who have lost their lives during war service, the War Memorial is highly valued by the community and contributes to a sense of place.
Located at the southern end of the town of Nabawa, the Cemetery is surrounded by a low fence and is accessed via a small gate addressing the road as well as an entry point off the side (southern) carpark. Typical of many small, rural cemeteries, a variety of different styles of marble headstones are laid out in ordered rows. Some graves feature decorative grave surrounds. A small rotunda was constructed adjacent to the carpark at the end of 2010. The Nabawa War Memorial is located immediately adjacent to the entry gate and is highly visible from the Chapman Valley Road. Consisting of a granite (not local) stone `needle' war memorial on a square base and surrounded by a stone pier and chain link fence. Metal plaques affixed to the stone memorial list the names of those local Chapman Valley residents who lost their lives during war service.
A site for the Nabawa Cemetery was surveyed in 1911. Ellen and Patrick O'Donnell were first to be buried in the Nabawa Cemetery - both in 1915. The cemetery also contains the graves of pioneer settlers, including Joseph and Emily Cooper and Samuel and Sarah Jupp. Mr Samuel Hadley Jupp was one of the original members of the Nabawa Cemetery Board and the first Chairman. He had a prominent role, with other residents in the district, in providing a suitable District War Memorial, which he had the honour of unveiling just a short time before his death in May 1926.
Integrity: Good
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| McDonnel PA; "Chapman Valley Pioneers". | Geraldton Newspapers, Geraldton | 1974 |
Historic site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
| Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Monument |
| Present Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Other | STONE | Granite |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Community services & utilities |
| OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | World Wars & other wars |
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