West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide

Creepy as all hell. Possible entities lurke beneath its dark age grounds.

Very large and historic place. A visit to the cemetery can help to better understand life and death.

One of our favourite places to explore and investigate...T 🙏💜💜💜

Yeah, its not the same solo. I would return here on a tour as I would have gotten more details of famous SA names. Trying not to compare to Sydney. Even the plaquardes are too low on the ground and small font. RIP

Mavericks, Madness and Murder Most Foul! - West Terrace Cemetery by Night Tour. Entertaining and a great way to hear the history of Adelaide’s west terrace cemetery residents.

walking around at night time and saw floating people

Great after dark historical tour as part of Adelaide fringe.

Really spooky, I only walked past but there is something about this place.

Loved the themed walks available.

Travel back in time and visit the resting place of many notable south australians.

Very interesting and historic

I like this cemetery, it has a bike track through it and is peaceful.

Nobody like cemetery

A major historic resource with a significant ex-service section. Good touchscreen resource allows ready searches with print-out.

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I wish there was some way of contacting Meredith Whitford. I can understand her disappointment. However, the database shows that Francis Lymer Gratton was cremated in 1946 and this is why a grave cannot be located. The office at West Terrace is never staffed as enquiries are handled by the Cemeteries Authority at Enfield. The staff there are helpful and very keen to help with enquiries either by phone or in person at Enfield.This is a wonderful historic site and well worth a visit for historical interest as well as family matters.

The night tour is fantastic, best of its kind.

Really enjoyed one of the self guided walks around the cemetery - free guide leaflets on the board just near the entrance. Some truly fascinating stories about the early days of Adelaide

Surprised that The Unknown Man/Somerton Man/ Tamam Shud is not listed as being buried here.

While the cemetery itself is charming, I and my cousin have been unable to find any records giving the location of our grandfathers grave in WTC. The office was not staffed when we visited today (21.1.15and the person who answered the phone could only refer us to the touch screen. This, however, gives no location for the grave we seek, and records our grandfathers d.o.d as 1999 instead of November 1946. Our grandfather, Francis Lymer Gratton, was a person of some fame in Adelaide as a music teacher, composer and conductor of the famous Thousand Voices Choirs. Not only can we not find any indicator of the location of his grave, but there is no online information, and the downloadable Records Search request does not seem to allow for this specific enquiry.