Devonshire Street Cemetery

Devonshire Street Cemetery
Devonshire Street Cemetery
Details
Established	1820
Disestablished	1867
Location	New South Wales, Brickfield Hill, Sydney
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33°53′03″S 151°12′25″E / 33.884124°S 151.207014°E
Type	Public
Size	11 acres (4.5 hectares)
No. of interments	21,000
Find a Grave	Devonshire Street Cemetery
Footnotes	Last 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.

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.

[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.

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