Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station, Sydney
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Cemetery Station No. 1 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. It served the Rookwood Cemetery.
[edit] History
The station opened as Haslem's Creek Cemetery on 1 April 1867. Some time before 1872, the station name was changed to Necropolis. The station was called Mortuary Terminus before having its name changed to Mortuary General Cemetery on 26 July 1897, when its name was transferred to a new terminus station. Finally the name was changed to Cemetery Station No. 1 on 15 June 1908, before the station closed on 29 December 1948.[1]
The station was an ornate stone building. After its closure the station building was dismantled and moved to Canberra, where it is now All Saints Church. The rebuilt church contains some modifications, the most obvious of which is the change in position of the bell tower to the opposite side.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section (1982). How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., second edition, State Rail Authority of New South Wales.
- ^ Heritage. All Saint's Church Ainslie.
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- Distance from Central: 17.546 km
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