See also:
Other local burials:
- BIRAGANBIL
- COBBORA CEMETERY
- DENISON TOWN PIONEER CEMETERY
- GUNTAWANG BURIALS
- LAMBING HILL BURIALS
- MERRIWA-CASSILIS BURIALS (external link)
- TALLAWANG BURIALS
- UAMBY - LAHY PIONEER CEMETERY
Gulgong Cemetery
Source: Google Earth and Ruth Davis
CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
LOCAL DEATHS TO 1910
CPS & SURROUNDING AREA DEATHS to 1910
PLACE OF BURIAL CODES
Some of the lists above use a number in the column for "PLACE". Use the following list to find the location.
NEWS ITEMS
1871 - FUNERAL
The rare sight of a funeral was witnessed in our streets on Tuesday last, it being that of the father of Mr. William Selff. He died at a ripe old age and was interred in the Guntawang cemetery.
We wonder how it is that no cemetery has been as yet laid off for this goldfield. We wonder is it that so few dying has made the want of one felt unnecessary, or that is has been forgotten. Now there is a surveyor here, we hope this will be done.
Source: Gulgong Advertiser, March 4, 1871
1875 - Tree Planting
There should thousands of wattle and Kurrajong trees planted uniformly in rows in the cemetery. Years hence they would form a grateful shade and would be an adornment to the sleeping place of those who have departed this life and whose remains are buried in the ground. Those who have friends buried in the cemetery will naturally feel some pride in the planting of these trees and shrubs. Not only the cemetery, but the hospital grounds, should be adorned in this manner. Beautiful trees, with the singing birds that would naturally be attracted to the spot where facilities are afforded for building their nests and rearing their young, would make the Hospital more agreeable to the unfortunate patients. The Court House reserve, in which the Telegraph Office is and where the Post Office will soon be, should receive the same attention also. If this was done now in five years these would constitute a beautiful feature of Gulgong and every effort should be made to accomplish this.
Source: Gulgong Evening Argus, April 13, 1875
I visited the cemetery a few days ago, and cannot help complimenting Mr. Bishop for the very tasteful and careful way in which the grounds are kept. Some of the monuments—particularly those in the Catholic part of the cemetery—are very imposing, and executed with great good taste. Among these I could not help noticing the one erected to the members of Mr. Plunkett's family - four in number who all died within a few months. This is really of classic beauty. The others deserving of special notice are those to the memory of James Driscoll, Michael Downey—both much respected here—and young McLean, a lad very much liked, who was kicked by a horse at the pound and died within a few days afterwards. The stone to the memory of young Maybury, in the Church of England portion of the cemetery, is also very chaste. The Catholic body really deserve credit for the way in which they have fenced in and decorated their part of the ground, and having, as a mark of respect to the late Mr. Lung, editor of the local paper here, put a post and chain fence round his grave. Done by Catholics to a Protestant—this indeed shows the deepest regard.
