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The memorial erected over the grave by the Scottish Australian Investment Company commemorates Arthur King Jones who perished in the Saltern Creek bushfire in October 1918. 

The Scottish Australian Investment Company has erected in the cemetery at Barcaldine, Queensland, a handsome monument in memory of Mr. A. K. Jones, who was burnt to death in a bushfire on Saltern Creek Station of which he was manager, in October, 1918, says the "Pastoral Review" for June.
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.), 8 July 1920.

Location

Address:Capricorn Highway, Barcaldine Cemetery, Barcaldine, 4725
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -23.552431
Long: 145.30306
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Tragedy
Actual Event Start Date:29-October-1918
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Actual Event End Date:30-October-1918
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1920
Front Inscription
Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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