Following the demise of the Port Arthur settlement in 1877, the cemetery was closed, and the island was sold as private land.
ຫຼັງຈາກການຕາຍຂອງການຕັ້ງຖິ່ນຖານຂອງ Port Arthur ໃນປີ 1877, ສຸສານໄດ້ປິດ, ແລະເກາະໄດ້ຖືກຂາຍເປັນທີ່ດິນສ່ວນຕົວ.