Albion Park General Cemetery - Croom

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NameAlbion Park General Cemetery - CroomTypeCemeteryGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

AddressCroome Road, Albion ParkDescriptionThe Illawarra Mercury dated 28th June 1898 reported an article titled ‘Cemetery for Albion Park’, where it stated Mr. G. L. Fuller of Dunmore ‘has generously donated a very suitable site for a cemetery for Albion Park near the main road opposite Mrs. Mathie’s residence on the south side of the Macquarie River’.

In 1900, the Shellharbour Municipal Council decided there was a need for a new public cemetery for Albion Park on land set aside in Croome Road. A committee was formed, and later trustees were appointed, one of whom John Fraser pushed for the establishment of the cemetery.

John Fraser died on 22nd November 1901, his burial the first in Croome Cemetery Croome Road. The residents erected a monument to him in token of his many services to the community, unveiled by Archibald Campbell MP. The monument still stands to-day as a lasting memorial to “one of the truly great men of the district and apart from his leadership in public life, always had the interests of the man on the land at heart”.

External LinkCemetery for Albion ParkThe Albion Park CemeteryShellharbour

Map or Plan

Plan Land Acquired for Albion Park General Cemetery

Plan of Area of 10 Acres Resumed for Public Cemetery, Albion Park

Plan of General Cemetery at Albion Park, Parish Terragong, County Camden

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Albion Park General Cemetery

Albion Park Cemetery

Family

Fraser

Locality

Croom

John Fraser's headstone at Croom Cemetery (Albion Park General Cemetery), c.2001.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

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CollectionPlacesFamilyFraserLocalityAlbion Park

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Albion Park General Cemetery - Croom