Sandgate Cemetery

Sandgate Cemetery
Catholic Chapel within the cemetery grounds
Details
Established	1881
Location	116 Maitland Road, Sandgate, New South Wales, 2304
Country	Australia
Coordinates	32°52′08″S 151°42′22″E
Type	Public
Owned by	Government of New South Wales
Size	40 acres (160,000 m2)
Website	Sandgate Cemetery

Sandgate Cemetery is a necropolis in the Hunter region near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and has been continuously operating since 1881. The cemetery caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.

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.

List of internees

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

• Stanley Carpenter DCM, footballer and soldier
• Matthew Charlton, Leader of the Federal Opposition
• Peter Connolly, politician
• Alfred Goninan, founder of A Goninan & Co
• Charles Crombie DSO, WWII pilot
• Frank Hawkins, politician
• 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
• Jack Stretch Anglican Bishop of Newcastle
• Pat Walsh, rugby league and rugby union footballer
• David Watkins Snr, politician

Gallery

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