Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
| Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery | |
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 The new entranceway to the Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1857 |
| Closed | 1956 |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 35°02′27″S 149°15′19″E / 35.0408063°S 149.2552589°E |
| Find a Grave | Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery |
The Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery is on the Sutton Road opposite the beginning of Back Creek Road a few kilometres south of Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
A plaque at the entranceway reads:
This cemetery was gifted to the Catholic community by Donald Roderick Macleod, a Presbyterian.
The Reverend Gilliard Smith was refusing to bury non-Anglicans at the burial ground at Upper Gundaroo, attached to the Anglican Church of St. Luke. The earliest burials here were in 1857 of Mary Hughes and Mugwill & Bridget Donnelly of Bywong. Burials included non-Catholics.
Many Catholic pioneer families such as Massy, Leahy, Booth, Donnelly & Hughes are represented.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gundaroo cemetery". The Gundaroo and District Historical Society. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cemetery description, including a cemetery plan and transcript of headstone inscriptions