St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery
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St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery

Also known as St. Mary By the Sea Cemetery

Torbay, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand

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The original Anglican church is located on a hillside and was opened on 8 January 1886 by Bishop Cowie. It consisted of eight church families. With local gum diggers, the church had an average attendance of 30 people. It commanded an extensive view of Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf and the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour. Since then the church has been rebuilt with the historic church being moved and then tragically destroyed in a fire.



The graveyard, which is adjacent to the church hall, is now closed to burials but open to ash remains. There are large garden blocks along the roadside where ash remains can be interred and a plaque fitted. There is a full record of burials in the church office. Auckland Council have both the historic and latest records included online. There is ample parking along the length of the cemetery on Deep Creek Road.



The first burial was Edmund Percy Brett in 1892, the son of Reverend E.P. Brett.



The original Anglican church is located on a hillside and was opened on 8 January 1886 by Bishop Cowie. It consisted of eight church families. With local gum diggers, the church had an average attendance of 30 people. It commanded an extensive view of Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf and the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour. Since then the church has been rebuilt with the historic church being moved and then tragically destroyed in a fire.



The graveyard, which is adjacent to the church hall, is now closed to burials but open to ash remains. There are large garden blocks along the roadside where ash remains can be interred and a plaque fitted. There is a full record of burials in the church office. Auckland Council have both the historic and latest records included online. There is ample parking along the length of the cemetery on Deep Creek Road.



The first burial was Edmund Percy Brett in 1892, the son of Reverend E.P. Brett.



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