Sandgate Cemetery

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Sandgate Cemetery
St Joseph Catholic Chapel, Sandgate.jpg
Catholic Chapel within the cemetery grounds
Sandgate Cemetery
Details
Established1881;142 years ago (1881)
Location
116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales
Country Australia
Coordinates 32°52′08″S151°42′22″E / 32.869°S 151.706°E / -32.869; 151.706
TypePublic
Owned by Government of New South Wales
Size40 acres (160,000 m2)
No. of graves85,000+
Website Sandgate Cemetery
Find a Grave Sandgate Cemetery

Sandgate Cemetery is a necropolis in Sandgate, Australia, and has been continuously operating since 1881. The cemetery caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements. [1]

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History

Sandgate Cemetery was opened in 1881 and has serviced the burial needs of Newcastle since that time. It is situated on crown land within the suburb of Sandgate, New South Wales. The cemetery is managed by a not for profit community organisation, Northern Cemeteries, through a Board of Trustees.

To service the new cemetery, a special Mortuary station was built in Newcastle. Special trams conveyed funerals from the suburbs to the Mortuary station then onward to a purpose built platform within the cemetery. Modern upgrades and changes continue to be made to this working cemetery. From September 1981 until October 1985, a one kilometre railway line that branched off the Main Northern railway line existed. It was latterly served by two Sunday only services from Newcastle. The line was closed at the request of trust to make way for additional burial plots. [2] [3]

Notable interments

The cemetery has over 85,000 interments. Notably among these include:

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References

  1. "About Us". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. Sandgate Cemetery Branch to Close Railway Digest October 1985 page 297
  3. Sandgate Cemetery Railway Transport Heritage NSW