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Camperdown Cemetery

In 1848, Church of England businessmen purchased 12½ acres of Camperdown land, originally granted to Governor William Bligh, and established Camperdown Cemetery the following year as Sydney’s principal Anglican burial ground. Designed in a plantation style, they enclosed the area, built a sexton’s cottage, planted a fig tree, and interred the first grave. The cemetery quickly filled and closed after 18 years, holding a diverse range of burials, including eminent figures, convicts, children, and those connected to the sea.