The Graves, Currigee in South Stradbroke Island

The Graves, Currigee is located in South Stradbroke Island

Address: 4 Island Street, Currigee, South Stradbroke Island

Position on map:

‘The Graves’, Currigee, on South Stradbroke Island are historically significant as examples of local island burials. These burials, in what was previously an isolated location, demonstrate a type of expedient mortuary practice used on the island where designated cemeteries were not available. These graves are rare as the only known example of this type of marked but unnamed expedient burials on South Stradbroke Island. ‘The Graves’ have archaeological potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of this type of expedient mortuary practice used on the island and are socially significant to the local South Stradbroke community as a well known, and sometimes mapped, landmark on the island and as a reminder of past island life.

Queensland Heritage Register: NO
Heritage protection boundary: Grave site plus 10m radius