Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
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| Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium | |
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 Grave of Prime Minister Billy Hughes | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1922 |
| Location | Corner Delhi and Plassey Roads,Macquarie Park, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°47′26″S151°08′22″E/ 33.7904258°S 151.1395276°E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Government of New South Wales,NSW Department of Primary Industries |
| Size | 59 acres (24 ha) |
| Website | Macquarie Park Cemetery |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium,formerlyNorthern Suburbs General Cemetery,is a cemetery and crematorium in theNorthern Suburbsof Sydney, Australia. The park caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.[1]
History
[edit]Macquarie Park is owned by theGovernment of New South Wales,administered by theNSW Department of Primary Industriesthrough a Board of Trustees currently chaired byJohn Hewson.The cemetery and crematorium are managed by Northern Cemeteries, a not for profit organisation on Crown Land.[2]
The Board of Trustees were the plaintiffs in the landmarkNorthern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v CommonwealthHigh Court of Australiacase in 1993.
With the introduction of the chapels and crematorium, the name of the park was changed in 2004 from Northern Suburbs General Cemetery to its current name.
List of interments
[edit]Macquarie Park and Crematorium caters for both burials and the interment of ashes. The most notable interments are SirJohn Kerr,Governor General of Australiawhom dismissed theWhitlam governmentcausing the1975 Australian constitutional crisis;two formerPrime Ministers of Australia,Billy HughesandBob Hawkeas well as entertainersJohnny O'KeefeandDon Lane.
- DameHeather Begg,opera singer
- Albert Bruntnell,politician
- Kathleen M. Butler,Godmother of Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Rob Guest,actor
- Bob Hawke,23rdPrime Minister of Australia(half of Hawke's ashes are interred at Macquarie Park, the other half atMelbourne General Cemetery)
- Billy Hughes,7th Prime Minister of Australia
- DameMary Hughes,spouseof Billy Hughes
- Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson,botanist
- Sir John Kerr, 18thGovernor General of Australiaand 13thChief Justice of New South Wales
- Anne Kerr, Lady Kerr,wife of Sir John Kerr
- Don Lane,entertainer
- Raymond Longford,actor and director
- Lottie Lyell,actress
- Ricky May,entertainer
- AMSirJohn McCauley,Chief of the Australian Air Force
- Johnny O'Keefe,entertainer
- Herbert Pratten,politician
- Jack Renshaw31stPremier of New South Wales
- William Sandford,pioneer of the iron and steel industry
- Donald Shanks,opera singer
- Peter Sitsen,Netherlands East Indies colonial administrator
- Eric Spooner,politician
- Ethel Turner,writer
- SirCyril Walsh,Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Francis Webb,poet
- Maj. Gen.SirGeorge Wootten,soldier
- Liang Yusheng(Chen Wentong), writer
Gallery
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Graves of Billy, Dame Mary and Helen Hughes -
Graves of Maj. Gen. Sir George and Lady Wootten -
Graves of Sir John and Lady Kerr -
Grave of Rob Guest -
Grave of Don Lane -
Grave of Lottie Lyell Cox -
Grave ofKathleen M. Butler
References
[edit]- ^"Macquarie Park".Northern Cemeteries.Retrieved6 March2017.
- ^"Macquarie Park History".Northern Cemeteries.Retrieved6 March2017.