Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
 The new entranceway to the Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1857 |
| Closed | 1956 |
| Coordinates | 35°02′28″S 149°15′18″E / 35.041°S 149.255°ECoordinates: 35°02′28″S 149°15′18″E / 35.041°S 149.255°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.
A plaque at the entranceway says:
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.
Plaque at the new entranceway to the Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery.
A good description of this cemetery is found under "Gundaroo Info".[1] A plan and transcript of headstone inscriptions is available there also. A history is available via Christopher J K Flanagan.[2]
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