North Road Cemetery


North Road Cemetery is located in the Adelaide suburb of Nailsworth, approximately 5 km north of the central business district. It is 7.3 hectares in size and there have been over 24,000 burials since its foundation in 1853. The original size of the cemetery was 0.8 hectare and was established by South Australia's first Anglican bishop, Augustus Short on land which he owned. The cemetery is still maintained by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide.

Notable interments

The cemetery contains the war graves of 27 Commonwealth service personnel, 16 from World War I and 11 from World War II.