St. George's Anglican Cemetery
| Place type: | Site |
|---|---|
| Site type: | Land section |
| Also known as: | Anglican Cemetery, 42 Cheek Avenue |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler East |
| Year constructed: | 1861 |
| Built by: | St. George's Anglican Church. Gawler |
According to Monica Hocking- email 7/3/2017, "William Lutton's widow Jane married William Barrett in 1859. She had already bought the land from the Reids so Mr Barrett did well. His brother Thomas and wife Caroline née Harrison lived nearby. William sold some of the land to St Georges for the cemetery where he was caretaker and eventually sold the rest."
The cemetery was designed for the church by the Reverend (later to become Canon) Coombs in 1861 on four acres of land. The land cost £55. Fittingly the centre plot contains his remains. Many of Gawler’s early Anglican settlers are buried in the surrounding plots.
The first section of the cemetery was consecrated in April 1864 by Bishop Augustus Short. The first curator was William Barrett.
Unfortunately the cemetery was not always well cared for and it has required extensive maintenance by a team of volunteers, over recent years to keep it tidy. In November 1996, the Archbishop of Adelaide consecrated the rear half of the cemetery land for use as a lawn cemetery.
Amelia Underdown - the first burial at St. Georges in 1861. Amelia Underdown was born on 25th September, 1855 at Bowden to Lycurgus and Jane Underdown (nee O'Neil) she died on 9th September, 1861 at Peachy Belt aged 5 years and 11 months. Not a lot of information. I had to find this through the Index of Registrations Births (1842-1906) and Deaths (1842-1915) as there were no newspaper notices for her. On 9th December, 1863, Lycurgus and Jane had another daughter born at Enfield whom they also named Amelia. Thank you Nicolle Ellis for this information.
More information available on page 13 of this PDF from the Gawler Council.
On Monday 18th November 2019, Brian Thom announced his retirement as Curator of St Georges Anglican Cemetery after holding the position for 20 years. Fr Simon Bailey has taken over as Curator.
There are more photos of the cemetery here.
Gravesites Needing to be renewed
Please click here to read a Bunyip newspaper article titled 'Hunt for Descendants of Gawler's 400 buried' published 2 June 2021.
Please click here to read a list of expired leases.
Please click here to view historical information from the 1998 Danvers Heritage Survey regarding this location. <1>
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Related Articles
- Burial Register and Headstones from 1861 St Georges Anglican Cemetery Gawler
- Gawler Heritage Survey 1998
- St. George’s Anglican Church
External Links
References
- 1. Danvers Architects Gawler Heritage Survey 1998 The Corporation of the Town of Gawler (June 1998)
- Gawler's Cemeteries. Researched and written by Anne Richards. Librarian. Reference and Research. Gawler Library
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