Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery Explained

Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
Established:1857
Closed:1956
Location:Gundaroo, New South Wales
Country:Australia
Findagraveid:2398518

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.[1]

A plaque at the entranceway reads:

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gundaroo cemetery . The Gundaroo and District Historical Society . January 8, 2021 . en . 29 March 2016.