Sandgate Cemetery
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1881 |
| Location | 116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales, 2304 |
| Country | Australia |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Government of New South Wales |
| Size | 40 acres (160,000 m2) |
| Website |
northerncemeteries |
Sandgate Cemetery is a necropolis in the Hunter region near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and has been continuously operating since 1881. The cemetery caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.[1]
History
Sandgate Cemetery is situated on Crown Land within the suburb of Sandgate, New South Wales bought from the Australian Agricultural Company. The cemetery is administered by the NSW Department of Primary Industries through a Board of Trustees. The cemetery and crematorium are managed by Northern Cemeteries which is part of the InvoCare group of companies.[2]
To service the new cemetery, a special Mortuary Station was built in Newcastle at Honeysuckle. Special trams conveyed funerals from the suburbs to the Mortuary Station then onward to a purpose built platform within the cemetery.
List of internees
The Cemetery has over 85,000 interments. Notably among these include:
- Stanley Carpenter DCM, footballer and soldier
- Matthew Charlton, Leader of the Federal Opposition
- Peter Connolly, politician
- Alfred Goninan, founder of A Goninan & Co
- Charles Crombie DSO, WWII pilot
- Frank Hawkins, politician
- Herb Narvo, footballer & boxer
- Frank Purdue, politician
- John Christian Reid, Mayor of Newcastle
- Dave Sands (David Ritchie), Aboriginal Australian boxer
- Arthur Selwyn, 1st Dean of Newcastle
- Jack Stretch Anglican Bishop of Newcastle
- Pat Walsh, rugby league and rugby union footballer
- David Watkins Snr, politician
Gallery
References
- ↑ http://northerncemeteries.com.au/sandgate/about-sandgate/about-us/ | About Us, Northern Cemetries - Retrieved 2017-07-30
- ↑ "Macquarie Park History". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 30 July 2017.