Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
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Grave of Prime Minister Billy Hughes | |
| Details | |
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| Established | 1922 |
| Location | Corner Delhi and Plassey Roads, Macquarie Park, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°47′26″S 151°08′22″E / 33.7904258°S 151.1395276°E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Government of New South Wales, NSW Department of Primary Industries |
| Size | 59 acres (240,000 m2) |
| Website | Macquarie Park Cemetery |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium formerly Northern Suburbs General Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.[1]
History
Maquarie Park is owned by the Government of New South Wales, administered by the NSW Department of Primary Industries through a Board of Trustees currently chaired by Dr John Hewson. The cemetery and crematorium are managed by Northern Cemeteries which is part of the InvoCare group of companies.[2]
The Board of Trustees were notably the plaintiffs in the landmark Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v Commonwealth High Court of Australia case in 1993. With the introduction of the chapels and crematorium, the name of the park was changed in 2004 from Northern Suburbs General Cemetery to its current name.
List of internees
Macquarie Park and Crematorium caters for both burials and the interment of ashes. The most notable interment is Sir John Kerr, Governor General of Australia whom dismissed the Whitlam Government causing the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Others include a former Prime Minister of Australia, Billy Hughes and entertainers Johnny O'Keefe and Don Lane.
- Dame Heather Begg, opera singer
- Rob Guest, actor
- Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia
- Dame Mary Hughes, spouse of Billy Hughes
- Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor General of Australia and 13th Chief Justice of New South Wales
- Anne Kerr, Lady Kerr, wife of Sir John Kerr
- Don Lane, entertainer
- Raymond Longford, actor and director
- Lottie Lyell, actress
- Ricky May, entertainer
- AM Sir John McCauley, Chief of the Australian Air Force
- Johnny O'Keefe, entertainer
- Jack Renshaw 31st Premier of New South Wales
- Donald Shanks, opera singer
- Eric Spooner, politician
- Sir Cyril Walsh, Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Francis Webb, poet
- Maj. Gen. Sir George Wootten, soldier
Gallery
Graves of Billy, Dame Mary and Helen Hughes
Graves of Maj. Gen. Sir George and Lady Wootten
Graves of Sir John and Lady Kerr
References
- ↑ "Macquarie Park". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ↑ "Macquarie Park History". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 6 March 2017.