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MAITLAND DISTRICT CEMETERIES

& SURROUNDING DISTRICT LONE GRAVES

Maitland District Cemetery Locations,

Showing where the cemeteries can be found

BOLWARRA

KING TOM'S GRAVE

Location: On a patch of low-lying land near a bend on Kensington Road Bolwarra (near Maitland) is the grave (or at least the headstone) of an early aboriginal elder referred to as King Tom. The site is marked by a number of wooden posts surrounding King Tom's headstone.

TOM

DIED DECEMBER 1875

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CAMPBELL'S HILL

(formerly West Maitland) Telarah

Location: East side of South Street 250m south of New England Highway

First burials in 1850's.

Maps Church of England, Catholic

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BISHOPS BRIDGE

St Andrews Church of England

Location: Wollombi Road Established 1860

Maps Bishops Bridge

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DUCKENFIELD

"Berry Park" EALES FAMILY CEMETERY

Location: 100 metres east of "Berry Park" homestead, on the south side of Duckenfield Road, 5 kms east of Morpeth. A small family cemetery, it contains the resting places of John Eales and his immediate family. Eales was a a pioneer settler, merchant, shipbuilder and shipowner of the lower Hunter Valley.

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"DUNMORE"

LANG FAMILY GRAVES

Location: SE side of Woodville Road 1-1/2kms southwest of Woodville in corner of fenced yard. This is the burial ground of the descendants of Rev. J. Dunmore Lang, the Colony's first Presbyterian Minister. The inscription reads 'In Memory of May Dunmore Lang, Isabella Ninia Muir, Robert Muir and infant child of Andrew Lang". Photo

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ECKFORD RESERVE

Location: At the End of Mawson Ave East Maitland stands a well kept reserve which has a set of swings a see-saw & a grave. The occupants of the grave are Jane Dixon (nee Eckford) died 18 April 1875 age 68 years & Frederick Horation Dixon died 23 January 1839 age 38 years & Mary Ann Susanna Dixon died 6 January 1846 age 47 years. The Grave is situated near the Western Boundary of the Reserve. Map Photo

EAST MAITLAND

First burial 1858

Maps Catholic, Church of England , Baptist, Methodist, Mixed, Presbyterian,

Other Denominations, Seven Day Adventist

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GLEBE GULLY

(old St Peters Burial Ground) 1827 to 1854

Location: 450m from the end of George Street, (continuation of road reservation) across paddock. This Church of England Cemetery is the oldest existing burial ground in the Hunter and belonged to the first St. Peter's, East Maitland. The first burial was in 1828 and burials took place there for a further 70 years. This burial ground has been severely vandalised and many of the headstones overturned. Map Map2

HILAND CRESCENT

(East Maitland)

Roman Catholic & Church of England 1840

Location: Southern corner of the intersection of Maize Street and Hiland Crescent Originally for Catholics and Presbyterians, first burials took place in the 1840's.A mid 19^th Century Cemetery with an excellent collection of very stylish & eclectic stone monuments of particular design significance. Wild olive bushes and patches of shamrock are regenerating over the site with some old rose and jasmine surviving amongst graves. First burial 1840. H.S Photos are Available on CD Map

MAITLAND JEWISH CEMETERY

1849 to 1931

Location: Public access off Louth Park Road between No's 112 and 114 situated 250m west of road within private market gardens. The cemetery is Situated on a flood plain and surrounded by market gardens and pasture, most unusual in that it is total Jewish with most stones being inscribed in Hebrew and having unique symbolism. It is one of only three Jewish cemeteries in NSW and is the fullest of the three. It contains 44 graves and is situated on the north side of Ross Lane Maitland. First Burial 1849. Families buried there include Barnett, Benjamin, Cohen, Friedman, Hart, Lewis, Lipman, Samuel and Septimus. H.S Photos are Available on CD Map

MORPETH

1839 to current

Location: Corner of Metford Road and Tank Street, 450m south of Morpeth. This cemetery is a record of Morpeth's historical importance as a centre of the Hunter Region from early settlement and also as a diocesan centre for the region. First burial in 1816, but not used widely until late 1830's. Morpeth Cemetery is the burial ground of William Tyrell, 1st Bishop of Newcastle, George Henry Stanton, 3rd Bishop of Newcastle, and Lieut. E. Close, founder of Morpeth in 1821.

Catholic, it has a kissing gate construction with pickets and wrought iron and the same park rail fence. The cemetery has a grid layout with a central walk way which leads from the front gate to a very large Celtic Cross. H.S Photos are Available on CD

Church of England. Entry to the cemetery is through a crude white painted timber and terra-cotta tile over sandstone lych gate which has stone flagging. H.S Photos are Available on CD

Presbyterian. Small cemetery located just north of the Catholic Cemetery. It has a very impressive main axis that leads from the gate to the eastern end. Gladioli grow wild with kangaroo grass. A mixture of old and modern monuments sandstone and marble. First burial 1845. Map

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OAKHAMPTON

WESLEYAN 1851

Location: East side of Oakhampton Road, between Hunter River and road, 2.8km north of the New England Highway. Mid nineteenth century cemetery on the banks of the Hunter River The headstones and burial plots at Oakhampton Cemetery lies under 2 meters of mud the consequence of more than a century of flooding, there for it is unknown how many people are buried there. The 1955 flood buried monuments and graves and the Hunter River side of the cemetery is overgrown. First Burial 1851. H.S Photos are Available on CD Map

OSWALD GENERAL

(Lochinvar) 1862 to 1976

Location: Oswald Road, 1 km north of New England Highway, on RHS of road. A small simple country cemetery, situated between Greta & Lochinvar on the New England Highway which still has its nineteenth century landscape and plantings intact, and interesting range of simple mid to late Victorian monuments all sites with in an attractive rural landscape. First burial 1862. Henry and Salome Pasking donated the land for Oswald Cemetery which was previously a private burial ground for the Harman family and relatives. Who were Christian Israelites.

"OSTERLEY"

DOYLE FAMILY CRYPT

Location: On a property named 'Osterley' about 5km east of Hinton stands the grave of James Doyle.

The grave is located on a narrow dirt road on the right-hand side of the main road to Nelsons Plains just past an obvious water pipeline. The structure is easily visible from the main road! The crypt is a small sandstone and brick structure with an aboveground section shaped like a casket and an underground section forming the crypt. The entire structure is surrounded by a typical wrought iron fence. The crypt has been opened and contains no obvious burial objects. When the Doyles sold the property, James's remains were moved to a new location.

Sacred TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES C? DOYLE

WHO DIED 11 SEPTEMBER 1878 AGED 67 YEARS

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RUTHERFORD

Methodist

Location: New England Highway Rutherford

H.S Photos are Available on CD

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TOCAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Curtis Graves

The graves of Myrtle Eliza Curtis Died on 19 July 1985 at Tocal age 95 years, & her beloved Sister Marguerita Curtis Died on 14 July 1985 At Tocal age 97 years Niece's of Charles Boyd Alexander, Benefactor of C.B Alexander Agricultural College

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