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Sandgate Cemetery is a necropolis in Sandgate, Australia, and has been continuously operating since 1881. The cemetery caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.




History


Sandgate Cemetery was opened in 1881 and has serviced the burial needs of Newcastle since that time. It is situated on crown land within the suburb of Sandgate, New South Wales. The cemetery is managed by a not for profit community organisation, Northern Cemeteries, through a Board of Trustees.
To service the new cemetery, a special Mortuary station was built in Newcastle. Special trams conveyed funerals from the suburbs to the Mortuary station then onward to a purpose built platform within the cemetery. Modern upgrades and changes continue to be made to this working cemetery. From January 1881 until October 1985, a one kilometre railway line that branched off the Main Northern railway line existed. It was latterly served by two Sunday only services from Newcastle. The line was closed at the request of trust to make way for additional burial plots.




Notable interments


The cemetery has over 85,000 interments. Notably among these include:

William Brennan, politician
Stanley Carpenter DCM, footballer and soldier
Matthew Charlton, Leader of the Federal Opposition
Hugh Connell, soldier and politician
Peter Connolly, politician
Charles Crombie DSO, WWII pilot
Alfred Goninan, founder of A Goninan & Co
Frank Hawkins, politician
Elizabeth Jessie Hickman, bushranger & cattle rustler
Herb Narvo, footballer & boxer
Frank Purdue, politician
John Christian Reid, Mayor of Newcastle
Dave Sands (David Ritchie), Aboriginal Australian boxer
Arthur Selwyn, 1st Dean of Newcastle
James Smith, politician
Ralph Snowball, early photographer
Jack Stretch, Anglican Bishop of Newcastle
Pat Walsh, rugby league and rugby union footballer
David Watkins, politician
Margaret White, of the Awabakal people




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• Sandgate Cemetery
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• Devonshire Street Cemetery
• Dave Sands
• Ralph Snowball
• Main North railway line, New South Wales
• Jessie Hickman
• John Scholey
• List of cemeteries in Australia