All Saints Church of England Cemetery

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NameAll Saints Church of England CemeteryTypeCemeteryGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

AddressTongarra Road,Allbion ParkDescriptionThe cemeteries are situated on the eastern side of the the Anglican church and the western side of the Roman Catholic church.

The Anglican cemetery was laid on land donated by Walter Allen, store keeper and post master of Addison Street, Shellharbour. The first Anglican funeral held, was that of Walter Allen (donor of the land), who died in 1876.

The first Roman Catholic church on this site was opened in 1874 on land given by Timothy Crowley. The cemetery was laid out behind the church. The earliest existing headstone records Mary Condon in 1874, the year the church was dedicated.

The headstone of Jane Brownlee who died in 1860, precedes the burial ground and was possibly transferred from the old sand cemetery on the harbour foreshore at Shellharbour Village.

Both cemeteries are laid out in the prevailing English style.

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