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Sandgate Cemetery
Sandgate Cemetery
	Catholic Chapel within the cemetery grounds
Details
Established	1881; 144 years ago
Location	116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Coordinates	32°52′08″S 151°42′22″E / 32.869°S 151.706°E
Type	Public
Owned by	Government of New South Wales
Size	40 acres (160,000 m2)
No. of graves	85,000+
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]

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 January 1881^[2] 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.^[3]^[2]

Notable interments

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

William Brennan, politician
Stanley Carpenter DCM, footballer and soldier
Matthew Charlton, Leader of the Federal Opposition
Hugh Connell, soldier and politician
Peter Connolly, politician
Charles Crombie DSO, WWII pilot
Alfred Goninan, founder of A Goninan & Co
Frank Hawkins, politician
Elizabeth Jessie Hickman, bushranger & cattle rustler ^[4] ^[5]
Herb Narvo, footballer & boxer
Frank Purdue, politician
John Christian Reid, Mayor of Newcastle
Dave Sands (David Ritchie), Aboriginal Australian boxer
Arthur Selwyn, 1st Dean of Newcastle
James Smith, politician
Ralph Snowball, early photographer
Jack Stretch, Anglican Bishop of Newcastle
Pat Walsh, rugby league and rugby union footballer
David Watkins, politician
Margaret White, of the Awabakal people^[6] ^[7]^[8]

Gallery

Grave of Matthew Charlton and family.
Grave of Dave Sands.
Grave of David Watkins.
Grave of Margaret White.

References

^ "About Us". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Sandgate Cemetery Railway Transport Heritage NSW
^ Sandgate Cemetery Branch to Close Railway Digest October 1985 page 297
^ Moore, Di. "Out of the Mists: The Hidden History of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman." Australia: Balboa Press, 2014.
^ Scanlon, Mike. "Out of the mists: Search for truth about Elizabeth Jessie Hickman." Newcastle Herald (Newcastle), 12 October 2014. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/2614913/the-hunters-lady-bushranger/
^ “The Last of Her Race,” Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (Newcastle), 6 February 1880, 2.
^ "Margaret of Lake Macquarie," Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (Newcastle), 20 March 1880, 5.
^ "Colonial and Intercolonial Messages NSW," Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney), 27 March 1880, 9.