ST THOMAS’ REST PARK
The former St Thomas’ Cemetery was the first burial ground
established on the North Shore.
It was established in 1845 with a gift of four acres to the Anglican
Parish of St Leonards by the prominent landowner and merchant
Alexander Berry for the burial place of his wife Elizabeth
(Edward Wollstonecraft’s sister). The Neoclassical pyramid in the
centre of the Rest Park was erected in her honour. Edward
Wollstonecraft and Alexander Berry are also buried here.
St Thomas’ Rest Park contains the graves of many notable North
Sydney residents including the descendants of William Blue.
In 1967 the Cemetery was handed over to North Sydney Council
by an Act of Parliament granting the area as ‘community land’. It
was renamed St. Thomas’ Rest Park and reopened in 1974. This
was North Sydney Council’s first Heritage project preserving a
historic site and
providing public access to its history and heritage.
From NORTH SYDNEY’S HERITAGE 32
© Copyright Mike Fernandes 2013
Cammeray’s historic cemetery
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