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Title
Series 02: Glass negatives of headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery, Sydney, and other cemeteries, ca. 1900-1914 / Mrs. Arthur George Foster
Call number
ON 146/nos. 330-485
Level of description
series
Date

ca. 1900-1914
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
1007484
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
143 negatives - glass - various sizes
Scope and Content
330-472. Photographs taken by Mrs Foster prior to the demolition of the Devonshire St Cemetery. The glass negatives were arranged in alphabetical order by Mr Foster according to a name on a headstone, then numbered for each initial letter. Thus B1 B2 etc, C1, C2 etc. The letters A, E are missing. It should be noted that each negative was assigned the name on one headstone, although several adjacent headstones may be visible. Some of the additional names have been included.

330. Bent, Ellis (B1)
331. Boggis, Elizabeth; [Tompson], Frederick (B2)
332. Bunker, Mrs (B3)
333. Britten, Thomas (B4)
334. Bird, Isaac (B5)
335. Baily, Emma (B6)
336. Bray, Charles (B7)
337. Bull, Henry [Emily Catherine Bull, Henry Capel] (B8)
338. Butts, William [John Jacobs, William Aylingl] (B9)
339. Butts, Sarah [Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Butts, Thomas Charles Butts, Stephen Joseph Palmer Buttsl] (B10) (damaged)
340. Beckford, Elizabeth (B11)
341. Blackman, John (B12)
342. Bradley, S & E [Samuel and Easter. Mary Martin] (B13)
343. Bloodsworth, George [Francis Cox, Edwaard Stone] (B14)
344. Blaxland, Elizabeth (B15)
345. Burdekin, Thomas (B16)
346. Baptist, John Thomas (B16)
347. Bunn, Capt. (B18)
348. Balcombe, William (B19)
349. Clark, Mrs Daniel (C1) (Missing)
350. Campbell, Robert (C2)
351. Copeland, Joseph (C6) [Samuel Tilley]
352a. Carrod, Maria Ann (C3) [William Carrod, Eleanor Cork]
352b. Carrod, Maria Ann (C3) [Eleanor Cork, George Bond, Anthoney Junquey, John Cadman, Hannah Hensen]
353. Cooper, Elizabeth, (C4) (Robert Cooper, Sarah Cooper)
354. Cluve, Mary Jane Sanders (C5)
355. Carmichael, John (C7)
356. Cullen, Mary Jane (C8)
357. Cuthill, Alex (C9)
358. Curran, Mary (C10)
359. Clamp, William (C11) [Thomas Chandler, Charles Jackson, Michael Leahy]
360. Chitinden, Elizabeth (C12)
361. Chapman, Catherine (C13) [Mary Ann Barr, Frances Pegg]
362. Cooper, Hannah (C14)
363. Cape, William (C15) missing
364. Cunningham, Allan (C16) two missing
365. Crossley, George (C17) two missing
366. Dowling, Sir James (D1) missing
367. (D2) missing
368. Dunn, Thomas (D3) [Rose Dunn, Eliza Ann Dunn]
369. (D4) missing
370. D'Hotman, Madam M.M. (D5)
371. Devine, Nicholas (D6)
372. Dalley, John (D7)
373. Doyle, Patrick (D8)
374. Driver, Richard (D9) (George Cunningham)
375. Forbes, F.E.B. (F1) [Francis Ewen Baily Forbes, Jane Henrietta Forbes, Mary Ann Forbes]
376. Flower, Sarah, E (F2)
377. Forbes, Sir F. (F3)
378. Graves, George (G1) (copy)
379. Goodwin, John (G2)
380. Gooseberry Queen (G3)
381. Hill, Rev Richard (H1)
382. Howe, George. Tomb of George Howe, first Government Printer buried in the same tomb with Mr Edward Wills (H2)
383. O'Hara, Capt (H3) broken
384. Hayms (H4) broken
385. Harris, John (H5)
386. Harding, Henry (H6) [John Cadman, William Lovegrove, Sarah Perry]
387. Henderson, Dr John (H7)
388a. Iredale, Lancelot (I1)
388b. Iredale, Lancelot (I1)
389. Jones, Samuel Perry (J1) broken
390a. Johnston's Trees, Annandale (J2) broken
390b. Johnston's Trees, Annandale (J2) broken
391. Jenkins James (J3) broken
392. Jones, Robert (J4) broken
393. Jackson, William (J5) broken
394. Kough, George Edward (K1)
395. Lewin, J.W. (L1)
396. Lloyd, Catharine (L2) [Nathaniel Lloyd]
397a. Lepton, Samuel (L3)
397b. Lepton, Samuel (L3)
398. Leighton, John (L4)
399. Lord, Simeon (L5)
400. Lea, W.B. (L6)
401. Leburn, Joseph (L7)
402. Lyster, Rosalie D. (L8
403. Lovegrove, William (L9)
404. Laidley, Eliza James (L10)
405. McPherson, Jessy (M1) missing
406. Mitchell, Charles (M2)
407a. Minchin, William (M3)
407b. Minchin, William (M3)
408. Madden, Mary (M4)
409a. Mileham, James (M6)
409b. Mileham, James (M6)
410. McEvoy, Mary (M5) [Hugh McEvoy]
411a. Mintz, Frances (M7)
411b. Mintz, Frances (M7)
412. Marsden, Samuel (M8) [Elizabeth Marsden, Josiah Allen Betts, Martha Betts] [St. Johns Cemetery, Parramatta, N.S.W.]
413a. McDonald, Hugh (M9)
413b. McDonald, Hugh (M9)
414. Murphy, Stephen (M10)
415. McGee, Mary (M11) [Lone grave site, James Hardie Factory, Camelia, N.S.W.]
416. Martin, William (M12) [George Watson]
417. Murray, Richard (M13) [John Murray, Abby Clarke]
418. Moran, James (M14) [Mary Bray]
419. Meyrick, Joseph (M15) [Inscribed by his nephew John Meyrick Roberts]
420. Nugent, Richard (N1)
421. Nichols, Isaac (N2)
422. Ovens, Georgine (O1)
423. Oliver, William (O2)
424a. Prior, Thomas (P1) [John Fisher]
424b. Prior, Thomas (P1) [John Fisher, Hannah Vernon]
425a. Putland, John (P2)
425b. Putland, John (P2)
426. Pettit, Isaac (P3)
427. Prosser, Peter (P4) [Solomon Lewis]
428. Pawley, George (P5)
429. Potts, John Hyde (P6)
430. Parker, Sophia (P7)
431. Parkes, Mary (P8)
432. Reibey, Mrs Mary (R1) missing
433a. Reibey, Mr Thomas (R2) [Mary Reibey, Alice Wills]
433b. Reibey, Mr Thomas (R2) [Mary Reibey, Alice Wills]
434. Robison, E. A. (R3)
435. Redman, J. S. (R4)
436. Ryan, Dennis (R5)
437. Rose, Rosanna (R6) [Anthony Richardson] [St. Johns Cemetery, Wilberforce, N.S.W.]
438. Riley, Edward (R7) [St. Johns Cemetery, Wilberforce, N.S.W.]
439. Reibey, Thomas. Epitaph seen in a book at the Mitchell Library (R8)
440a. Ramsay, David (R9)
440b. Ramsay, David (R9)
440c. Ramsay, David (R9) [Sarah Lord]
441. Rodius, Harriet (R10)
442. Shepherd, Thomas (S1)
443. Squire, James (S3)
444. Smith, William (S3)
445. Stephen, John (S4)
446. Stewart, Robert (S5) [Mary Stewart]
447. Shea, Darby (S6) [Elizabeth Kempster]
448. Shepherd, Thomas (S7)
449. Salter, Samuel (S8) missing
450a. Sampson, John
450b. Sheldon, Henry Terry
451. Thornton, Samuel (T1)
452. Tyrrill, William (T2)
453. Tollis, William (T3)
454. Templeton, William (T4)
455. Terry, Samuel (T5)
456a. Thompson, Andrew (T6) [St. Matthews Cemetery, Windsor, N.S.W.]
456b. Thompson, Andrew (T6) [St. Matthews Cemetery, Windsor, N.S.W.]
457. Therry, Venerable John Joseph (T7)
458. Taber, Thomas (T8)
459. Trace, John (T9)
460. Underwood, Joseph (U1)
461. Wale, William (W1) missing
462. Windeyer, William (W2) missing
463. Wilshire, William (W3) missing
464. Woolcott, William (W4) missing
465. Wooller, Samuel (W5) missing
466. Wilson, Caleb (W6) missing
467. Ward, John (W7) missing
468. Williamson, John (W9) missing
469. Wills, Thomas (W10) missing
470. Yardley, William (W8) missing
471. Sandhills Cemetery, looking towards Elizabeth Street, Strawberry Hills
472. Sandhills Cemetery, headstones crated and stamped for moving
473. Tomb in which 17 bodies were interred in 1836, having been discovered on the Island of Aureed in Torres Strait, where they were slain by natives after the wreck of the bark "Charles Eaton"
474. George Street, west side, between Globe and Little Essex Streets 26/2/1912 [no. 147, Grubb, butcher]
478. Dawn Office, 155 Phillip Street, Louisa Lawson, proprietress
479. Copy of Margaret Catchpole's letter to Mrs Cobbold just before her transportation, dated 25 May 1801, headed "Ipswich Gaol, previous to her departure for Botany Bay, 1801"
480. Sandhills Cemetery. Bryer, John and Ellen
481. Sandhills Cemetery. Brow, John
482. Unidentified
483. Milestone? (possibly Watson's Bay)
484. Corner of the Sandhills Cemetery, with Elizabeth Street in the background
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Finding Aids
Partial original contents list by Mrs. A. G. Foster at PXn 860
Description source

Contents list compiled by Prof. Marjorie Jacobs, University of Sydney, 1991.
Location of headstones for nos. 412, 415, 437-438, and 456a-b provided by Library reader, May 2018.
General note

Photographic prints from the negatives of headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery, 1900-1901 are at Mitchell Library call no. PXB 768.
Signatures / Inscriptions

One box and 2 box lids have Australian Historical Society donation stickers attached inscribed 'Donated by Mrs G. G. Foster, August/Sep. 1925', and are signed by the Hon. Secretary.
Subject
Cemeteries--New South Wales--Sydney.
Topic
gravestones
Place
Devonshire Street Cemetery (Sydney, N.S.W.)
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