Grave of Yuranigh, Aboriginal burial site near Molong, Australia

The Grave of Yuranigh is a burial site near Molong featuring four carved trees that frame a central burial area, with both marble and sandstone headstones marking the spot. The ground combines Aboriginal and European memorial traditions in a single location.

Yuranigh, from Boree, joined Thomas Mitchell's 1845 expedition as one of three Aboriginal members and became Mitchell's guide and counsellor. He died at old Gamboola Station near Molong; in 1850 Mitchell learned of his death. Aboriginal people buried him there with four carved trees, and in 1852 the New South Wales Government paid for a marble headstone.

The site reveals how Aboriginal tree-carving traditions and European burial customs coexisted at this location during colonial times. Visitors can observe how these two approaches to marking the dead occupied the same space.

The grave lies 3 km south-east of Molong, in the Central West region of New South Wales. The burial ground is enclosed by a white wooden fence with chicken wire netting, measuring 3.2 m by 3.6 m, and the grave itself faces south-west. The four carved trees at the corners are fenced separately for protection.

The grave apparently had five carved trees in 1854; four remain, and only the dead one still shows its carving clearly, an ovate spiral ringed by a triple extended S-pattern. The others are obscured by regrowth. The site is also described as the best-preserved burial place in the region.