Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, formerly Northern Suburbs General Cemetery, is a cemetery and crematorium in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The park caters for all religious, ethnic and cultural requirements.
History
Macquarie Park is owned by the Government of New South Wales, administered by the NSW Department of Primary Industries through a Board of Trustees currently chaired by John Hewson. The cemetery and crematorium are managed by Northern Cemeteries, a not for profit organisation on Crown Land.
The Board of Trustees were the plaintiffs in the landmark Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v Commonwealth High Court of Australia case in 1993.
With the introduction of the chapels and crematorium, the name of the park was changed in 2004 from Northern Suburbs General Cemetery to its current name.
List of interments
Macquarie Park and Crematorium caters for both burials and the interment of ashes. The most notable interments are Sir John Kerr, Governor General of Australia whom dismissed the Whitlam government causing the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis; two former Prime Ministers of Australia, Billy Hughes and Bob Hawke as well as entertainers Johnny O'Keefe and Don Lane.
Dame Heather Begg, opera singer
Albert Bruntnell, politician
Kathleen M. Butler, Godmother of Sydney Harbour Bridge
Rob Guest, actor
Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia
Dame Mary Hughes, spouse of Billy Hughes
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson, botanist
Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor General of Australia and 13th Chief Justice of New South Wales Anne Kerr, Lady Kerr, wife of Sir John Kerr Don Lane, entertainer Raymond Longford, actor and director Lottie Lyell, actress Ricky May, entertainer AM Sir John McCauley, Chief of the Australian Air Force Johnny O'Keefe, entertainer Jack Renshaw 31st Premier of New South Wales William Sandford, pioneer of the iron and steel industry Donald Shanks, opera singer Peter Sitsen, Netherlands East Indies colonial administrator Eric Spooner, politician Ethel Turner, writer Sir Cyril Walsh, Justice of the High Court of Australia Francis Webb, poet Maj. Gen. Sir George Wootten, soldier Liang Yusheng (Chen Wentong), writer