Pioneer Memorial Park is part of the the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, in the eastern suburb of Matraville. It was created in 1976 as a memorial of early pioneers and prominent citizens of the colony of New South Wales. It features 746 surviving memorials that were transported here in 1901 from the early Sydney burial grounds, Town Hall Cemetery, beside St Andrew's Cathedral and the Sydney Burial Ground, also known as Sandhills or Devonshire Street Ground Cemetery.
Amazing seeing all those old headstones from pioneer days
ReplyDeleteThat's so amazing. The headstones remind me of the ones I saw in Northern Tanzania in a neglected cemetery. Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteRather poignant.
ReplyDeleteA pretty but somber place.
ReplyDeleteInteresting shot.
ReplyDeleteThese headstones are so different from the ones we have seen. A nice memorial park.
ReplyDeleteHello, what a nice memorial park. Pretty sky too. Happy Friday, enjoy your day & weekend!
ReplyDeleteNice shot of the memorial.
ReplyDeleteAmazing
ReplyDeletetoo crowded, even for a graveyard.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful blue sky. That really is so crowded, though (agreeing with Nature Footstep). Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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