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Cudgegong General Cemetery

Location


Located at 9168 Castlereagh Highway, Cudgegong, latitude -32.798008 longitude 149.8111421 .

Description


Heritage NSW state inventory gives the following description of Cudgegong Cemetery:

The Cudgegong General Cemetery is situated on a picturesque site on the edge of a mountain, with the graves overlooking valley, the Windemere Dam and distant hills. The cemetery and surrounding area contain scattered remnants of native vegetation, which included eucalypts and acacias. The designated area is large and is entered through a standard stock wire gate situated in the centre of the western boundary. The fence is star picket, concrete post, wire mesh and barbed wire. There are also two large pine trees on the western side of the cemetery. The cemetery is divided into five distinct groups, possibly denominational groups. Most graves fact east, except for a small group which faces south-east. Two headstones are Gothic sandstone stelae and are set upright in a concrete slab with a plaque inscribed: The Water Resources Commission, with the consent of surviving relatives, relocated the headstones at this site, to perpetuate the memory of persons interred in the Anglican Churchyard at Cudgegong, now inundated by the storage of Windemere Dam. Materials used in the cemetery include: Sandstone, of which there are 21 headstones 1868-1924 (only one after 1909) including an 1899 round pillar. Marble, 15 stelae and ledgers (1894-1929, only one before 1905), two obelisk dated 1898 and 1899 and 16 tablets, mainly on concrete ledgers (1892-1965). Granite, 5 ledgers and stelae (2 pink and one black) dated 1940-47. Grey Terrazzo makes up 4 graves (1938-52). Memorial surrounds include remnants of timber (2 dated 1908 and 1927); 8 of wrought iron (1885-1913); 6 of cast iron (1881-1923), one of ceramic edging tiles (1927) and only one other of ceramic tiles (1961). Masons are Acton of Mudgee, Reynolds, W Larcombe of Dubbo and Macquarie Valley Funerals. Families within the cemetery include 11 Oldfields, 5 Sheppards, 8 Rhodes, 6 Hardings, 13 Perrams and 7 Jennings2 .

Statement of Significance


The Statement of Significance is as follows:

The Cudgegong General Cemetery contains a diverse range of nineteenth and twentieth century monuments. Individually notable monuments include a number of finely carved sandstone stelae with wreath or floral motifs; a draped sandstone stele and an unusual sandstone column with unfurled scroll. The survival of a wide range of grave furniture is also a significant feature of the cemetery. This includes two examples (and other remnants) of timber picket enclosures, good examples of intact cast and wrough iron surrounds, ceramic edging tiles, and immortelles. (from nominators)3

1 ‘Australian Cemeteries Index - Cemetery 24 - Cudgegong’. Accessed 21 May 2022. https://austcemindex.com/cemetery?cemid=24.
2 ‘Cudgegong General Cemetery’. Accessed 21 May 2022. https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=2070518.
3 ‘Cudgegong General Cemetery’. Accessed 21 May 2022. https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=2070518.



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