‘Do dead men tell no tales?’ The geographic origin of a colonial period Anglican cemetery population in Adelaide, South Australia, determined by isotope analyses

Tooth enamel and dentine samples from 13 individuals buried in the unmarked ‘free ground’ colonial section of St Mary’s Anglican Cemetery Adelaide were analysed for oxygen strontium isotopic composition to assist with determination their geographic origin. As life history these is not well-documented historical record, data provide important information about migration mobility a South Australian population. This was supplemented further analysis diet previously published stable isotope data. While results are somewhat ambiguous, they suggest that this study, one probably born Adelaide, eight Britain/Ireland, three could have been either location; elsewhere. interpretation supplements supports skeletal morphology, microbiomes, records.