Near the banks of the Macquarie River, under swaying gum trees lays the Old Dubbo Pioneer Cemetery. A handful of monuments and graves remain intact from the hundreds of people buried at this site. The headstones share some of the sad stories and hardships endured during the early settlement of Dubbo township. 
Robert Venour Dulhunty created the Dubbo Station near this area in 1833, which now is located on Angle Road (just off Old Dubbo Road). Robert Dulhunty later built a roadside inn nearby. The Macquarie Inn, also known as Bob’s Pub, was accommodation for travellers passing his station.
In November 1849 Dubbo was declared a village and Robert Dulhunty’s run became known as “Old Dubbo”.
In 1853 Robert Dulhunty died and was buried in the Old Dubbo Pioneer Cemetery on the land that was once part of his “Old Dubbo Station”.