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    CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
    CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
    CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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    CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY

    By Joan Newman Antarakis

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    A New South Wales native and fifth generation Australian, Joan is married with five children. Her paternal ancestors were early pioneers on the Hunter River (1826) and Clarence River (1842). A keen family historian, especially in the area of Australian history, Joan studied at the University of New England (Armidale) gaining a Diploma in Local a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Copy Collective
    Release dateJun 15, 2017
    ISBN9781925154030
    CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY

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      CHATSWOOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY - Joan Newman Antarakis

      CHATSWOOD

      CATHOLIC

      CEMETERY

      C. 1865 – C. 1911

      Joan Newman Antarakis

      Red Raven Books

      RED RAVEN BOOKS

      Publisher: The Copy Collective PL, 7 Blackfriars St, Chippendale NSW, 2008

      Copyright © 2014 Joan Newman Antarakis

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, stored in or introduced to a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior consent of the author and the publisher of the book

      National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the National Library of Australia

      Book Layout ©2013 BookDesignTemplates.com

      Printed and bound by Ingram Book Group, Inc.

      ISBN 978-1-925154-02-3

      ISBN 978-1-925154-03-0 (e-book)

      Preface

      The following list of burials in the Chatswood Catholic Cemetery has taken several years to research and prepare for publication. Numerous people have been supportive and extremely patient. After finishing the Chatswood Parish history in 2001, it was my intention to complete work on the cemetery in time for the parish centenary in 2010. Owing to the small number of known burials, 57 and the dozen or so I later discovered, this task did not at first appear too difficult. My aim was to provide short biographies of those 57 plus the additional 12. But curiosity prevailed and I went in search of more burial details with the aim of reaching 100 and like Topsy it ‘just growed’. And once again when the publishers were ready to begin work yet another group of burials was found. While a supplementary list has been added, it has not been possible to conduct extensive research beyond confirming this is indeed correct. The final total is now 169.

      Over many years, the deceased and their stories have captured my interest especially when I discovered that several of those buried at Chatswood were convicts while members of their families and siblings were either convicts or married to convicts. There may be other convicts buried here but as yet I have not been able to establish this with certainty. There emerged evidence of close ties to the First, Second and Third Fleets as well as the early military regiments. Research of the families, their work, friendships and in some cases disputes, convinced me that despite what appeared to be a sparsely settled area prior to the construction of railway lines, the people of the North Shore knew and interacted with their neighbours. My hope is that this work will now provide a lasting memorial to the many extraordinary settlers and pioneers who came early: c. 1830 - 1910- to this beautiful area on Sydney’s North Shore.

      Introduction

      The Catholic Cemetery in Anderson Street, Chatswood, on Sydney’s North Shore, was closed to burials in 1917 by order of the Council. A large portion was redeveloped in the late 1940s. To the hundreds of residents and visitors who pass by each day there is no visible evidence that a cemetery ever occupied the site. A portion of St. Pius X College is situated on the old burial ground and in its Monastery chapel there is a memorial plaque with the names of 57 persons who were buried there. No extant burial records, apart from this list, are available. The 57 names were inscribed on headstones removed from the site when the cemetery was cleared to provide space for additional school buildings. Former students have memories of headstones being stored under temporary classrooms during the 1950s. Parish archival records indicate that Reverend Father (Rev. Fr.) William O’Flynn, Parish Priest (P.P.) sought permission from the Archdiocese to use the disused cemetery land for school buildings in 1948.

      Later, in 1985, when extensions to the College were under construction, several broken headstones were exposed. These were taken away for preservation and for many years were stored at Willoughby City Library. Extensive research has enabled the compiler to contribute additional names bringing the total of known burials to 169, of these 11 names are on a Supplementary List and 30 foundlings from the Waitara Foundling Home on the North Shore are listed separately. It is hoped that evidence of many more burials will be found.

      Details on Death Certificates indicate several name changes occurred to the cemetery after 1864, including:

      1.North Shore Catholic Burial Ground - 1865

      2.Roman Catholic St. Leonards -1869

      3.Lane Cove R.C. Cemetery/Burial Ground 1871-1893

      4.North Willoughby Catholic Cemetery c. 1876-1882

      5.Cooper’s Flat, Catholic Cemetery, Chatswood. c. 1899-1911

      A Willoughby resident named Cooper had a hut in the immediate vicinity. There are entries for three families named Cooper in Willoughby records.

      (1)William Cooper, a native of Surrey, England and his family lived close by in Mowbray Road, Willoughby in 1891 about the time the cemetery had a change of name. A child, Esther May Cooper was born to William and Martha Emily Norman on 27 June 1891 at Mowbray Road, North Willoughby.¹

      (2)A funeral notice of 18 February 1907 stated that Esther Cooper, late of Willoughby Road was buried at Gore Hill. In 1871, the Sands Directory listed a Mrs Cooper living at Fitzroy Street and Lane Cove Road, St. Leonards.

      (3)A Francis Cooper appears in North Willoughby Rate Books as owning 21 acres (8.4984 ha) of bush land at Lane Cove.

      The earliest recorded cemetery on the North Shore was on land Alexander Berry donated to St. Thomas’ Anglican Church for a burial ground at St. Leonards and the first recorded burial there was in 1845. This cemetery was sometimes referred to as The Willoughby Cemetery as well as St. Leonards Cemetery. A second Anglican Cemetery, St. John’s, was opened in 1867 at Gordon on the Upper North Shore.

      The Methodist church (now Uniting Church) established a cemetery at the corner of Lane Cove Road (Pacific Highway) and Mowbray Road (South Chatswood) in 1871.

      Prior to 1863 Catholics living on the north side of Sydney Harbour experienced great difficulties when faced with the task of interring deceased family members. Their options were a burial ground located in the centre of Sydney at Devonshire Street (later Central Railway) or further away at Haslem’s Creek, (Rookwood). To access these cemeteries it was necessary to cross the harbour by horse punt or ferry. Mourners travelling to the cemetery at St Charles Ryde, established c. 1850, went by special steamer.

      William Tunks, Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) and first Mayor of St. Leonards, is credited with securing land for Gore Hill General Cemetery in 1867. In a letter dated March 1867 he stated"… to convey the dead from the Parishes of Willoughby and Gordon to Haslem’s Creek for burial will be inconvenient and even oppressive to many poor families

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