Where the earth remembers, and the stone speaks of toil - Burra’s silent witness to a miner’s fate.


Burra Cemetery, Burra, South Australia.


Burra Cemetery is a heritage-listed site in the historic mining town of Burra, South Australia. Established in 1850, it replaced an earlier burial ground from 1846 and quickly became the final resting place for many of Burra’s early settlers, miners, and prominent families.


The cemetery’s iconic stone wall was built in 1854, enclosing a landscape rich with colonial history. Burra itself was a major copper mining center in the 19th century, and the cemetery reflects the town’s social and economic evolution—from Cornish miners to civic leaders.


Today, it remains a place of quiet reflection and historical significance.


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