Cemetery 627 - Woonona Presbyterian Memorial

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Woonona Presbyterian Memorial

7 Gray Street,

Woonona

NSW

2517

-34.346760

150.907030

The cemetery at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Woonona appears to have been in use between 1873 and 1932, when the first and last known burials took place. Under a Cemetery Act of 1966, the site was subsequently converted to open space. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the names of all those known to have been buried at this location were inscribed on a memorial on the former cemetery site and the headstones removed and disposed of. It is not known how many, if any, of the actual remains or headstones were removed to other cemeteries.

Amongst those named on the memorial are eight men and boys killed in the disastrous Bulli Colliery explosion that occurred on 23 March 1887 and claimed 81 lives.

Des Cafe visited the site in June 2010 and has contributed the images he made of the memorial and its plaques. The list of inscriptions for this cemetery has been compiled from his images and with reference to the NSW indices of births, deaths and marriages and to the Australian War Memorial online military rolls for additional information. During our research, it was discovered that two of the dates recorded on the memorial appear to be in error.

Woonona Presbyterian Church and the memorial is on the northern side of Gray Street, near Liddle Street and about 250m east of the Princes Highway. Lat -34.346759 Long 150.907031

For further information, contact the Woonona Presbyterian Church, 7 Gray Street, Woonona NSW 2517; phone 02 4284 4057; email wpcc@woononapcc.org.au

www.woononapcc.org.au/

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