Wybong Cemetery, Wybong, New South Wales

Date: 1876 [unknown]
Location: Yarraman Road, Wybong, New South Wales, Australia
Surnames/tags: Cemetery New_South_Wales Roman_Catholic

General Information

Cemetery Name: Wybong Cemetery
Wybong Catholic Cemetery

Address: Yarraman Road, Wybong, New South Wales, Australia

GPS Coordinates: -32.2771337,150.6374347 OpenStreetMap Google Maps

History

Many Irish families buried here from 1876 to present. Lovely rural setting faces east over vineyards. Native trees and grasses lend a romantic atmosphere to the simple rectilinear layout. Many celtic crosses and biographical details inscribed on monuments. Families include Flannagan, McTaggart, Maloney and Leary. The fine engraving on headstones is unusual in a rural setting. Although the cemetery is not a dominating element in the landscape, it has landscape significance. There is also an unusual number of Irish burials but because many Irish records were destroyed in an accident in 1922, the existing physical evidence may be the only records of Irish-born buried here.

More Information

• Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves
• Muswellbrook Heritage Study - Inventory 1996

References

• This is part of the Australian Cemeteries Project.