Adelaide olive oil with a grave history

A small batch of extra virgin olive oil made from olives grown at the West Terrace Cemetery has been bottled this week and will be sold to the public in what is believed to be the only commercial release of its kind.

West Terrace Cemetery’s homegrown olive oil

Cemeteries may seem an unlikely source of local produce, but Adelaide’s West Terrace Cemetery recently released its 180th anniversary olive oil, harvested from olive trees on the property.

Stories from the grave. Photo from Quiet City: Walking in West Terrace Cemetery

Tales from West Terrace Cemetery

The strange death of Francis Cluney, whose ghost may still haunt Adelaide Arcade, is one of many curious tales from the grave in Carol Lefevre’s “Quiet City: Walking in West Terrace Cemetery”.