Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
Grave of Prime Minister Billy Hughes
Details
Established 1922
Location Corner Delhi and Plassey Roads, Macquarie Park, New South Wales
Country Australia
Coordinates 33°47′26″S 151°08′22″E / 33.7904258°S 151.1395276°E / -33.7904258; 151.1395276
Type Public
Owned by Government of New South Wales, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Size 59 acres (240,000 m2)
Website Macquarie Park Cemetery

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium formerly Northern Suburbs General Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.[1]

History

Macquarie Park is owned by the Government of New South Wales, administered by the NSW Department of Primary Industries through a Board of Trustees currently chaired by Dr John Hewson. The cemetery and crematorium are managed by Northern Cemeteries, a not for profit organisation on Crown Land.[2]

The Board of Trustees were notably the plaintiffs in the landmark Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v Commonwealth High Court of Australia case in 1993. With the introduction of the chapels and crematorium, the name of the park was changed in 2004 from Northern Suburbs General Cemetery to its current name.

List of internees

Macquarie Park and Crematorium caters for both burials and the interment of ashes. The most notable interment is Sir John Kerr, Governor General of Australia whom dismissed the Whitlam Government causing the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Others include a former Prime Minister of Australia, Billy Hughes and entertainers Johnny O'Keefe and Don Lane.

References

  1. ↑ "Macquarie Park". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Macquarie Park History". Northern Cemeteries. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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