St John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales

Date: 1843 [unknown]
Location: 6 Menangle Road, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Surnames/tags: Cemetery New_South_Wales

General Information

Cemetery name: St John's Anglican Church Cemetery

Address: 6 Menangle Road, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

GPS Coordinates: -34.056666280475994, 150.69724779019214 Open Street Map Google Maps

History

The church cemetery forms part of the original Macarthur family endowment of 1841 of about 5 acres. The cemetery is about 1 1/4 acres in area. The first burial is believed to be that of Thomas Budd of Narellan made in March 1843. An early road used to run through the lower portion of the cemetery. This road had been used extensively by the Macarthur family but was closed some time after c1849-1850, possibly at the same time as the church was completed and consecrated. A new general cemetery for the town, at Cawdor, was dedicated in 1898, and by 1906 the church cemetery had been closed except for burials for those who had purchased the right to burial or family vaults. The cemetery however, continues in use, in particular the eastern end. A plan of recording the grave locations was initiated in 1977 and completed in 1987. The total number of recorded grave sites is approximately 1540.

More Information

• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves
• St John's Web Site - Cemetery
• Sydney Organ - St John's Camden

References

• This is part of the Australian Cemeteries Project.