Sandgate Cemetery, Sandgate, New South Wales

Date: 1881 [unknown]
Location: 116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales, Australia
Surnames/tags: Cemetery New_South_Wales

General Information

Cemetery Name: Sandgate Cemetery

Address: 116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales, Australia

GPS Coordinates: -32.86848593132745, 151.70584171261999 OpenStreetMap Google Maps

History

Sandgate Cemetery opened in 1881. The cemeteries in Newcastle town closed at this time. Sections of land at the Sandgate site were apportioned to nine religious groups and a tenth section was allocated to non-religious burials. Each denomination appointed trustees to manage their areas of responsibility. Clearing away trees began, drains were installed, walkways constructed, fencing erected and beautification undertaken. A branch railway was built that entered the cemetery and proceeded to a centrally placed platform.

In 2012 the NSW Government announced an historic reform program to ensure burial needs are met now and into the future.

Northern Cemeteries is the amalgamation of the Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium Trust, Field of Mars Cemetery Trust, Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery Reserve Trust, Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Trust and in 2013, Sandgate Cemetery Trust.

The amalgamation of the trusts enables greater co-operation, achievement of operational efficiencies and provides accrued capital for acquisition of new burial lands to ensure:

• That no faith is disadvantaged
• That the immediate shortage of burial space in NSW is addressed
• That burial needs for our future generations are met now and into the future
• To establish accountable financial, governance and operational systems to ensure trust funds and assets are managed efficiently and transparently

More Information

• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves
• Northern Cemeteries - Sandgate
• National Library of Australian - Register of burials in the Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW, 1881-1972 {microform}
• Transport Heritage NSW - NSW Cemetery Railways
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Wikidata: Item Q39056798, en:Wikipedia ^[1]
• Northern Cemeteries - Find a Loved One

References

1. ↑ Wikidata contributors, 'Q39056798', Wikidata, 30 January 2021, 01:20 UTC, <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q39056798&oldid=1350819358> [accessed 2 January 2023]

• This is part of the Australian Cemeteries Project.