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The large grave of New Norcia's second Abbot, Dom Fulgentius Torres (centre) in the cemetery.

The location of the Benedictine Mission in the Victoria Plains attracted Irish settlers to the district, many of whom are buried at New Norcia. Some 130 monks and sisters are also buried here, including Abbot Torres, whose large marble grave dominates the cemetery. The tomb of Salvado himself is located in the New Norcia Abbey Church. The numerous white wooden crosses mark the graves of Aborigines who lived and worked at the mission. The black gravestone at the rear right of the cemetery belongs to Mary Helen Cuper, an Aboriginal who was New Norcia's first postmistress and telegraph operator. Another identifiable grave is that of Senor John Casellas, the master wood craftsman who built the original beehouse behind the monastery.

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