Elsey Cemetery

Elsey Cemetery is a heritage-listed historic cemetery located on Homestead Road at Elsey, about 21 kilometres south of Mataranka in the Roper Gulf region of the Northern Territory. Established to serve Elsey Station, it contains graves of early pastoral pioneers including Aeneas Gunn, whose story inspired Jeannie Gunn's classic book We of the Never Never. Set in open savanna woodland, the fenced cemetery preserves headstones and bush graves reflecting early 20th-century frontier life.

Visitors can expect a small, fenced bush cemetery in open savanna woodland south of Mataranka. The site contains historic headstones and graves from the early 1900s, including that of Aeneas Gunn, with interpretive signage explaining the history of Elsey Station and its association with We of the Never Never. The setting is quiet and remote, with natural bush surroundings, dirt access and no built visitor centre. It is a short stop for sightseeing, photography and reflection on Northern Territory pastoral history.