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Norsewood Cemetery, in Norsewood, Tararua, Southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, is thought to be the largest Scandinavian cemetery in Australasia. The graves of many of the Scandinavian immigrants — predominantly Norwegians — who were brought to the Norsewood district under the 1870s “assisted immigration” programmes can be found in the Norsewood Cemetery. Many of the graves in the Norsewood Cemetery are in a serious state of decay with the inscriptions on the headstones almost illegible. Other graves are now completely unmarked, and many graves on the cemetery plan are simply marked “unknown”. Source: Norsewood Cemetery Project.
Location: Odin Street, Upper Norsewood.
Sources
- Norsewood Cemetery Project: http://www.norsewoodcemetery.co.nz
- Tararua District Council, Cemetery Records Search https://www.tararuadc.govt.nz/living-here/community-information/cem...