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Crematorium in Sydney, Australia
The Northern Suburbs Crematorium , officially Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium , is a
crematorium in
North Ryde, New South Wales , a suburb of
Sydney ,
Australia . It was officially opened on 28 October 1933, and the first cremation took place on 30 October 1933.
[1]
Northern Suburbs Crematorium was the second crematorium in New South Wales. It was designed by
Frank I'Anson Bloomfield (1879–1949), who was cremated there, and also designed NSW and Sydney's first crematorium at
Rookwood Cemetery .
[2]
[1] Bloomfield designed both places with a view to an authentic "
florentine " feel. The grounds feature
Art Deco statues,
Royal Doulton tiles,
[3] classic iron work and other period features. The Memorial Gardens is a heritage listed site
[4] and often features in historical tours of Sydney and the North Shore.
[1]
In 2012 a new Function Centre was opened by the
Governor of New South Wales , Professor
Marie Bashir .
[5]
Notable interments
The cremated remains of notable persons located at Northern Suburbs Crematorium include:
Jack Baddeley , 2nd
Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Sir
Garfield Barwick , 7th
Chief Justice of Australia and politician
Harry Scott Bennett , radical
Sir
Nigel Bowen , Australian
Attorney-General ,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Sir
Joseph Cook , 6th
Prime Minister of Australia
Dame Mary Cook ,
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
Sir
Talbot Duckmanton , former General Manager of
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Pat Hills , 6th
Deputy Premier of New South Wales and 69th
Lord Mayor of Sydney
Sir
Samuel Hordern , businessman and namesake of the
Hordern Pavilion
Stuart Inder , journalist
[6]
Frederick Kneeshaw , politician
Sir
William McKell , 12th
Governor General of Australia and 27th
Premier of New South Wales
Sir
Bill Northam , Olympic yachtsman and businessman
Lt. Gen. Sir
John Northcott , 30th
Governor of New South Wales
Lady
Jean Page ,
second wife of
Prime Minister Sir
Earle Page
Banjo Paterson , poet
Sir
William Pettingell , businessman
Maj. Gen Sir
Charles Rosenthal , soldier and politician
Sir
Percy Spender , politician
Sir
Vernon Treatt , 17th
Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
Sir
Gordon Wallace , 1st
President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
Sir
Edward Warren , politician
Chris Watson , 3rd
Prime Minister of Australia
Reginald Weaver , 16th
Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
Lt. Gen. Sir
Eric Woodward , 31st
Governor of New South Wales
Sir
William Yeo , soldier
Ada Baker , soprano and singing teacher
Notable cremations
Hutchence memorial in the North Terrace of the park.
Cremations of notable people at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium include:
Sid Barnes , cricketer[
citation needed ]
Sir
Thomas Bavin , Premier of New South Wales[
citation needed ]
Captain
George Cartwright ,
A.I.F. ,
VC recipient,
World War I
[7]
Captain
Frank Chaffey , soldier and New South Wales politician[
citation needed ]
V. Gordon Childe , archaeologist and philologist[
citation needed ]
Charmian Clift , novelist[
citation needed ]
W.A. Crowle , businessman and philanthropist[
citation needed ]
Slim Dusty , country singer
[5]
Air Commodore Sir
Hughie Edwards ,
Royal Air Force VC recipient
World War II and
Governor of Western Australia – ashes buried
Karrakatta Cemetery ,
Perth, Western Australia
[7]
Sergeant
Arthur Evans ,
Lincolnshire Regiment VC recipient World War I – ashes buried
Lytham St Annes , England
[7]
May Gibbs , author
[5]
Michael Hutchence ,
INXS lead singer
[8]
Alison Kerr, Lady Kerr , first wife of
Sir John Kerr
Andrew Olle , journalist
[9]
Banjo Paterson , poet[
citation needed ]
Mervyn Victor Richardson , Victa lawnmower inventor
[5]
Lindsay Gordon Scott , architect
[10]
Sir
James Joynton Smith , Lord Mayor of Sydney[
citation needed ]
Corporal
Arthur Sullivan , A.I.F. VC recipient,
Russian Civil War – previously cremated
Golders Green Crematorium , London, ashes rest near Tree 267A, North section.
[11]
E. J. Tait , theatre entrepreneur[
citation needed ]
Arkie Whiteley , actress[
citation needed ]
Commemorated by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are 64 Commonwealth service personnel and a Dutch merchant seaman who were cremated here during World War II.
[12]
References
^
a
b
c
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium website ; Retrieved 7 August 2013
^
Encyclopedia of Cremation , p. 70 ; Retrieved 7 August 2013
^ Source says "Royal Dalton" [sic], but this seems to be a spelling error.
^
"State Heritage Inventory: Northern Suburbs Crematorium and Memorial Gardens" . www.environment.nsw.gov.au . Heritage Division, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^
a
b
c
d
Sydney Morning Herald , "Crematorium opens doors to everlasting celebrations of life", 16 June 2012 ; Retrieved 7 August 2013
^ Lawrence, Bob (8 February 2015).
"Doyen of Pacific journalism, Stuart Inder MBE, dies at 88" .
PNG Attitude . Retrieved 1 March 2015 .
^
a
b
c
[1] Burial Locations VC holders – New South Wales.
^ Bell, Adam (12 February 2016).
"INXS' Michael Hutchence and Johnny O'Keefe lie at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens" .
The Daily Telegraph .
^ Pitt, Helen (16 December 1995). "The ABC: a family in mourning". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 19.
^
"Obituary. Mr. Lindsay G. Scott" .
The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 6 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^
Burial Locations of VC holders – Golders Green Crematorium. The site does not yet list him under New South Wales.
^
CWGC Cemetery Report
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