|
|
To view photo click on the  icon |
|
Cypress Street Cemetery
The Cypress Street Burial ground lay neglected for many years
until the Launceston City Council reclaimed the ground for a park.
The
park was made available to the Broadland House School for recreational
use
in
1953. An estimated 30,000 people were buried there, including 4 First
Fleeters: Olivia (Gascoigne) Lucas, William Blackhall, Thomas Sparks
and Elizabeth (Haywood) Lowe. |
|
First Fleet Memorial Plaque on the gate to the Cypress Street
Cemetery |
|
Cairn constructed from remnants of headstones found
nearby.
The cairn is situated at the Launceston Church Grammar
School (Lyttleton St - Rear of Broadland House) |
|
|
Researching family members buried at Cypress Street Cemetery
ATKINSON, Elizabeth (d: 29-Jun-1873)
ATKINSON, Isabella (d: 10-Jun-1868)
ATKINSON, Richard Francis (d: 31-May-1889)
BARNETT, Elizabeth (nee BACON) (d: 4-Jul-1859)
POWELL, Sarah Ann (nee ATKINSON) (d: 9-Dec-1909)
Photographed Nov 2005
|
)
)
)
)
)
