What's Happening in Liverpool, NSW…

The Liverpool Pioneers Memorial Park has celebrated the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the park.

Established in 1821 as the second European burial ground for Liverpool, the grounds became the main cemetery for Liverpool until 1958. Conversion of the burial grounds into a memorial park in 1970 resulted in the removal of a large number of headstones from the site. About 440 of these headstones were returned in 2010, when Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller reopened the park.

Liverpool Council hosted a ceremony to celebrate the anniversary on April 27th. In attendance were descendants of many of those buried in the park, including speakers from the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council, St Luke’s Anglican Church and the Fellowship of First Fleeters.

The site has enormous historical significance, with over 13,000 people being buried there, including at least four members of the first fleet.

Significant public figures of 19th century Liverpool society buried at the site include Thomas Moore, an early magistrate of Liverpool, and James Badgery, a pioneer pastoralist. The Office of Australian War Graves will also build a permanent memorial if work to locate unmarked war graves from World War One is successful.

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Liverpool Regional Museum will have an exhibition opening on July 27th to mark the bicentenary.