Historical information

The Sandhurst Burial ground was opened in 1852 and was used for three years. It was situated on the flat below the Commissioner's Camp at Camp Hill and is now part of the Tom Flood sports centre. There are records of 219 burials in the early burial ground. The first burial was in 1852, William Binks, a 23 month old son of James Binks and Ann Hodson from Paddy's Gully and the last in 1854. By this time, the Back Creek Cemetery, known now as the Bendigo Cemetery, was in operation. When the burial ground was no longer used it fell into disrepair, with people dumping rubbish on the site. Eventually, some of the bodies were exhumed and re-interred in other cemeteries; the site was covered with some 10 metres of soil. Some of the 'fill' came from the building of the Law Courts in Pall Mall, Bendigo. ( David Mulqueen, Bendigo Art Gallery)

Physical description

One page article from the 'Bendigo Monthly', December 2020, on the history of the Sandhurst burial ground. Article contains three photographs that are purported to be of the Sandhurst burial ground; one photograph of the Great Cental Railway Mine on the Tyson Reef Sink-line and one of a map of early Bendigo.
On top of page: '14 The Bendigo Monthly, Vol 01, Edition 11, December 2020. The Sandhurst Burial Ground or Sandhurst Graveyard as it was commonly referred to'. Article written by David Mulqueen, Bendigo Art Gallery.