Gore Hill Cemetery

The Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery located on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards, Sydney, Australia. It was established on 19 May 1868 by the New South Wales politician, William Tunks, and is one of the oldest and most significant remaining cemeteries in metropolitan Sydney.

Photo: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 2.5.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in North Sydney
Also known as: “Gore Hill cemetery” and “Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal North Shore Hospital and St Leonards railway station.

Royal North Shore Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Smilesau, Public domain.

The Royal North Shore Hospital is a major public teaching hospital on the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the suburb of St Leonards. Royal North Shore Hospital is situated 310 metres northeast of Gore Hill Cemetery.

St Leonards railway station

Railway station

Photo: Len W, Public domain.

St Leonards railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Gore Hill. St Leonards railway station is situated 540 metres east of Gore Hill Cemetery.

Lane Cove Bushland Park

Park

Lane Cove Bushland Park is located in suburban Lane Cove, 5 kilometres from the centre of Sydney, Australia. It is regarded as one of the more interesting areas of fungi in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crows Nest and Artarmon.

Crows Nest

Suburb

Photo: J Bar, CC BY 3.0.

Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also part of the North Sydney region, 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

Artarmon

Suburb

Photo: John Rotenstein, Public domain.

Artarmon is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby.

Berry Island

Locality

Berry Island is a locality in Wollstonecraft on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was originally one of Sydney's Harbour Islands, but it is now connected to the mainland by a constructed isthmus.

Gore Hill Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: City of Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.82307° or 33° 49′ 23″ south

Longitude

151.18842° or 151° 11′ 18″ east

Inception

May 19th, 1868

Operator

Metropolitan Memorial Parks

Open location code

4RRH55GQ+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 159578188

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q5586112

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Slovenian to Turkish—“Gore Hill Cemetery” goes by many names.

Slovenian: “Gore Hill cemetery”
Turkish: “Gore Hill cemetery”
Turkish: “Gore Hill Mezarlığı”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gore Hill Oval and Gore Hill Park.

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