Coonamble Cemetery

Coonamble Cemetery

Six ancestors are buried in the two cemeteries at Coonamble, NSW. The original general cemetery in Coonamble (Old Coonamble Cemetery) was in operation from 1869 to 1912 when it was deemed to be full and closed to further burials. Many years later (probably around 1970), Council removed the headstones and converted the area into a park. A number of headstones were retained and embedded on and around a large mound of earth. In 1993, a Federal Government grant enabled the Shire Council to move those headstones to the New Coonamble Cemetery in West Coonamble, which had been established circa 1902. This means that all surviving memorials are co-located in the new cemetery, although no graves were moved. Click on the picture of any of the ancestor memorials to see a page with specific information about it.

Ancestors resting here

The following six ancestors are remembered in this cemetery. Some were originally buried in the Old Coonamble Cemetery.

• George Gardner – 1813-1890
• William Isaac Kemp – 1826-1897 - He does not have a surviving memorial
• John Poulton – 1830-1887 - He does not have a surviving memorial
• Attwood Charles Gardner 1862-1937 and Frances Kemp 1859-1943 – Share a grave plot with Frances' mother, Emma
• Emma Kemp nee Elliott – 1859-1931