Somerset Graves Site, Historic cemetery in Northern Peninsula Area Region, Australia

Somerset Graves Site is a 2,379-square-metre heritage-listed cemetery on the northwest edge of Somerset Bay, Cape York. It holds seven marked interments dating from 1890 to 1962, including Francis (Frank) Lascelles Jardine, three family members, two pearl divers and an unidentified grave, plus a memorial to Frank and Sana Jardine and the Kennedy Memorial Monument.

The site is a remnant of Somerset, established on 8 July 1864 as a port of refuge and refuelling depot, a joint venture of the Queensland and British governments. Tenders for government buildings were called in March 1863 and a town survey followed in July 1864. Known burials date from 1890 to 1962, among them Francis (Frank) Lascelles Jardine, who died in 1919.

The cemetery holds the grave of Frank Jardine, police magistrate at Somerset from 1868, and a 1924 memorial to him and his Samoan wife Sana Sofala, married in 1873. Two pearl divers are buried here, reflecting the maritime work of the settlement. The site also contains the Kennedy Memorial Monument, added in 1948.

The site covers 2,379 square metres on the northwest edge of Somerset Bay, Cape York, opposite Albany Island. It lies within Parcel 24 of the 1865 survey plan, about five acres set aside from the 1865 and 1866 land sales. Look for the seven marked graves, the Jardine memorial of 1924 and the Kennedy Memorial Monument of 1948.

The site also holds the Kennedy Memorial Monument, erected in 1948, and a 1924 memorial to Frank and Sana Jardine, who married in 1873 and had four children. The marked burials span 1890 to 1962, including two pearl divers and one unidentified grave.