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Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Wiseman's Ferry Cemetery.
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Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Wiseman's Ferry Cemetery.

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  • Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Grave, Wiseman's Ferry Cemetery.
  • Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Wiseman's Ferry Cemetery.
  • Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Wiseman's Ferry Cemetery.
  • Gladesville, Sydney, Australia<br /> Grave of Frederick Norton Manning, invited by Henry Parkes in 1867 to become medical superintendent of what was then the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum (later Gladesville Mental Hospital).
  • Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Cemetery for St Charles Boromeo Church.
  • Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> The Public Cross behind St Charles Borromeo Church. Originally erected around 1870, and re-erected on All Saints Day (Nov 1st) 2002.
  • Canberra, ACT, Australia<br /> Cemetery for St John the Baptist Church, consecrated 12 March 1845.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Superb convict-built brick wall surrounding St John's Cemetery. Replacing an earlier bank-and-ditch enclosure (which had fallen into disrepair), the wall was paid for by public subscription and constructed around 1820.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Replica of the lychgate for St John's Cemetery. Original designed by James Houison.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> St John's Cemetery, the oldest burial ground in Australia. First burial here was that of James Magee, a convict's child, buried 31 January 1790 (unmarked); the oldest marked grave is that of Henry Dodd, 1791.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Section marker in St John's Cemetery - this one denoting Section 1, on your left as you enter the main gate.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Grave (in St John's Cemetery) of Australia's first Surveyor-General, Augustus Theodore Harman Alt (1731 – 9 January 1815.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Grave of Charles William Rowling in St John's cemetery. It's believed that his sister-in-law Mary Urquart is also in the grave, as well as her father - Master Mason and Bridge Designer David Lennox.
  • Parramatta, NSW, Australia<br /> Grave (in St John's Cemetery) of former missionary turned chief constable, Francis Oakes.
  • Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> The Parkes Obelisk, Faulconbridge Cemetery. Marking the burial place of Sir Henry Parks - 'The Father of Federation'. His first wife, Clarinda, is also buried in this enclosure.
  • Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia<br /> The Columbarium (in Faulconbridge Cemetery) of the family of Joseph Jackson, politician. Jackson bought the estate from Parkes, and donated a nearby park and the 'Prime Ministers' Corridor of Oaks'.
  • Mays Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Mays Hill Cemetery. Formerly part of the Governor's Domain, later purchased by Thomas May, the cemetery began as two separate cemeteries (one Protestant, one Baptist) in 1839 with the first burial taking place in 1843.
  • Mays Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Mays Hill Cemetery. Formerly part of the Governor's Domain, later purchased by Thomas May, the cemetery began as two separate cemeteries (one Protestant, one Baptist) in 1839 with the first burial taking place in 1843.
  • Mays Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Mays Hill Cemetery. Formerly part of the Governor's Domain, later purchased by Thomas May, the cemetery began as two separate cemeteries (one Protestant, one Baptist) in 1839 with the first burial taking place in 1843.
  • Mays Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia<br /> Mays Hill Cemetery. Formerly part of the Governor's Domain, later purchased by Thomas May, the cemetery began as two separate cemeteries (one Protestant, one Baptist) in 1839 with the first burial taking place in 1843.
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