Friends of St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta

$731 raised

TARGET $800

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About

St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta is Australia's oldest surviving European burial ground (est. 1790). Despite its historical significance, highlighted in the Create NSW-funded open-access project "St. John's Online" (stjohnsonline.org), the cemetery is currently only state heritage listed, which means it is ineligible for larger heritage grants that are available to sites with a higher listing (i.e. National and World heritage status). Consequently, a lot of major conservation work the cemetery needs cannot be completed due to a lack of funds.

The Friends of St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta (https://friendsofstjohnscemetery.wordpress.com/) is a local community group, which formed in June 2016 to care for this historic cemetery. But they can't do it alone: they need the community behind them!

Please donate whatever you can to support the Friends' conservation and maintenance efforts at Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery. The Friends' work includes urgent repairs on the cemetery’s valuable convict-built wall, general regular maintenance with the assistance of New South Wales Corrective Services, raising the cemetery's profile, hosting events, and ultimately a campaign to upgrade the cemetery’s current “state” heritage listing to “national” heritage listing.

100% of the proceeds go directly to the Friends and will be spent on maintenance and conservation, so every single dollar counts. No donation is too small! Simply type in the amount you would like to donate in $AUD in the designated donation area on this campaign page, or use the larger autogenerated donation amounts if those align with your preferences.

Fundraising For

Friends of St John's Cemetery, Parramatta

Funds Banked To

The Friends of St. Johns Cemetery Parramatta


Campaign Creator

St. John's Online

Parramatta, NSW



Tue, 7 Feb 2023

Jarrod M

$ 100
Tue, 7 Feb 2023

Cate Whittaker

$ 50

This is an invaluable resource and great achievement

Thu, 25 Aug 2022

Anonymous

$ 20
Mon, 22 Aug 2022

Lisa Winterbourne

$ 100

Donation in memory of my mum

Fri, 19 Aug 2022

Anonymous

$ 5
Sun, 14 Aug 2022

Jayne Blackshaw

$ 40

Thank you for your efforts documenting and maintaining one of Australia's most significant sites!

Wed, 27 Jul 2022

Sharee Schultz

$ 50

Thank you for preserving this important part of our history.

Wed, 6 Jul 2022

Karyn Moran

$ 50
Wed, 6 Jul 2022

Paul L K Romaine

$ 20

Hugh Hughes Snr is in my Family History..

Tue, 5 Jul 2022

Mark Fleming

$ 10

SINCE Jun 2022

18 

Donations

$731 raised

TARGET $800

Please support this cause

$
AUD

Fundraising For

Friends of St John's Cemetery, Parramatta

Funds Banked To

The Friends of St. Johns Cemetery Parramatta

Campaign Creator

St. John's Online

Parramatta, NSW

SINCE Jun 2022

18 

Donations