Devonshire Street Cemetery

Devonshire Street Cemetery
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Details
Established1820
Disestablished1867
Location
CountryAustralia
Coordinates33°53′03″S 151°12′25″E / 33.884124°S 151.207014°E / -33.884124; 151.207014
TypePublic
Size11 acres (4.5 hectares)
No. of interments21,000
Find a GraveDevonshire Street Cemetery
FootnotesLast interment 1867
closed and re-used 1901

The Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery) was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and between Chalmers and Devonshire streets, at Brickfield Hill, in Sydney, Australia. It was consecrated in 1820.[1][2] The Jewish section was used from 1832.[3] By 1860, the cemetery was full, and it was closed in 1867.

  1. ^ Johnson, Keith A; Sainty, Malcolm R (2001). Sydney burial ground 1819–1901 : Elizabeth and Devonshire streets and history of Sydney's early cemeteries from 1788. Library of Australia History. ISBN 0908120982.
  2. ^ "Government and General Orders". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. Eighteenth, no. 846. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1820. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ The Australian Jewish Genealogical Society has produced a CD covering burials in the Old Jewish Section at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney, which includes details of transfers from Devonshire Street Cemetery.