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Camperdown Memorial Rest Park and Cemetery

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This collection brings together selected items relating to Camperdown Cemetery (also known as St Stephen's Church Cemetery) and Camperdown Memorial Rest Park. They are located in Newtown.

Camperdown Cemetery was a private cemetery founded in 1848 and consecrated in 1849. It was an Anglican General Cemetery but accepted all denominations if buried with the rites of the Church of England. It originally took up all of the land of the current cemetery and park.

In 1868 the cemetery was closed to new burials (Camperdown and Randwick Cemeteries Act, 1867) but there were still burials for people who had already purchased plots. These burials were licensed by the Colonial Secretary. The last burial was in 1926.

The current St Stephen’s Church was designed by Edmund Blacket in 1874, succeeding his 1844 church on the corner of Longford and Stephen Streets. An Act of Parliament allowed the church to be built within the grounds of the cemetery.

In 1948, part of Camperdown Cemetery was dedicated as a public park by an Act of the NSW State Parliament (Camperdown Cemetery Act, 1948). All but 4 acres of the cemetery were resumed in 1950, leaving only a small walled off section of cemetery. This area of cemetery continued to be managed by a body of trustees. Some of the larger and more significant memorials were re-erected there and other headstones were appended to the cemetery walls. The remaining area was cleared and made into a public park now known as the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.

Note: The Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Trust was established under the Camperdown Cemetery (Amendment) Act,1950. The City of Sydney Council became the administrator of the Trust, with the Town Clerk as Secretary. The archives holds some records created by the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Trust, including plans, photographs and correspondence. In 1970, with the enactment of the Camperdown Cemetery (Amendment) Act, responsibility for the Park was transferred to Marrickville Municipal Council.

To find even more items relating to the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park or Camperdown Cemetery try the search tool.

References:

Wikipedia; Society of Australian Genealogists; Camperdown Cemetery; manuscript guide: Camperdown Cemetery

CollectionCemeteries and funeralsParksNewtown

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Cemetery Lodge, Church Street Newtown, 2004

St Stephen's Anglican Church Newtown, 2004

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Newtown, 2003

Headstone, St Stephen's Church and Cemetery, Newtown, Church Street, Newtown, 2001

Sandstone gravestones, St Stephen's Church and Cemetery, Church Street, Newtown, 2001

Newtown Festival, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Newtown, 1990s

Former drinking fountain, Newtown, 1982

St Stephen's graveyard, Church Street Newtown, 1960

Crowd at dedication ceremony, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Newtown, 1961

Dedication ceremony, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Australia Street Newtown, 1961

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Newtown, 1980

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Newtown, circa 1950

View of Camperdown Cemetery with St Stephen's Church in rear Newtown, 1951

View of Camperdown Cemetery from Australia Street Newtown, 1951

Books & Journals

Sydney cemeteries: a field guide/ Lisa Murray

Camperdown: a history of Camperdown Cemetery and St. Stephen's Newtown / by George Rees

Beyond the boundary stone: a history of Camperdown Cemetery/ text by Chrys Meader

A stroll through the historic Camperdown cemetery, N.S.W/ by P.W. Gledhill

Historic Camperdown/ by the Rev TG Rees

Prominent Australians and importance of Camperdown Cemetery, N.S.W./ [compiled by M.F. King]

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Park - Camperdown Park, Australia Street, Camperdown, 1882-1970

Park - Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Australia Street, Newtown, 1957-1958

Information file - Early cemeteries of Sydney, 1909-2011

File - Camperdown Memorial Rest Park - Relocation of human remains and surface structures, 1958

File - Move bandstand in Hyde Park to Camperdown Park, 1911

Plan

Plan - Area C8 designed for reception of remains and monuments, Camperdown Cemetery, 1954

Plan - Area C9 designed for reception of historical and other graves and monuments, Camperdown Cemetery, 1954

Plan - Proposed fence enclosing cemetery area, Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, no date

Plan - Proposed enclosing fence, Camperdown Cemetery, 1952

Plan - Location of monuments within the resumed area, Camperdown Cemetery, no date

Map

Glebe, Camperdown, Newtown, Macdonaldtown and Darlington, 1886: Single sheet

Series

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Trust Records, 1950-1969

Camperdown Memorial Rest Park Newtown, 2003 by Graeme Nichols (A-01130205)

External linksDictionary of SydneyNewtown Erskineville Anglican Church, Cemetery history and headstone databaseNSW State Archives Cemeteries / Burials Guide

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