High Street, between York Street and Fawkner St, Launceston. Google Maps.
Opened?
Only known burial 1811 (from LINC Tasmania’s guide to Launceston cemeteries).
Closed ? Possibly 1823, when Cypress St cemetery was in use.
Marked on 1826 map, number 79. (If that link doesn’t work, try here and scroll along to the Sharland map.)
Cypress St, Newstead. Google Maps.
1823 consecrated & first known burial
1906 closed to new burials other than relatives 1906
1929 last burial
1953 made available to Broadland House School & converted to sports ground.
Earlier burial ground, High Street.
The headstones are located behind the church of St James on Hobart Rd, which was opened in 1845. From the LINC Tasmania’s guide to Launceston Cemeteries (PDf file), the first known burial here was William Hartley in 1843
I don’t seem to be able to find any transcriptions of the headstones online.
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Headstones are around the the chapel. Transcriptions to come. Or go here.
The headstones are in a yard behind the church. Transcriptions and photos of the headstones can be found at Headstones from Cemeteries of Tasmania.
Opened 1841
Photo as a cemetery
Charles St gate
Closed 1925
Location (as Saint Ockerby Grounds)
Record of location of the graves (Not very useful)
Epitaphs and tombstone inscriptions removed from Charles Street cemetery (Hand written transcriptions)
Cemetery register (list of names, organised by first letter of surname and then date)
Treasurer’s register (Organised by date, gives details of payments made)
(If the links above don’t work, try this link or search the site for NG3089.)
Location on Google Maps. Not sure when this cemetery was in the use. The State Library ‘s guide to cemetery records says “1846?” for the year it opened. Possibly land was obtained at the same time the synagogue was built. The known burials date from 1858-1893.
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