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Moved Paddington Cemetery Headstones

The North Brisbane Burial Grounds were also known as 'Paddington Cemetery' or 'Milton Cemetery'. The burial grounds opened in 1844 and closed in 1875.

The burial grounds had seven distinct denominational sections: Episcopalian (Anglican), Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, and Baptist.

By 1907 there were calls to turn the neglected burial grounds into a park and sports field. In 1911 the Queensland Government passed the Paddington Cemetery Act allowing them to move the bodies to another location.

View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870

View of the Brisbane suburb of Milton, ca. 1870 Photograph taken in the vicinity of Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, looking due west across the intersection of Judge and Hale Streets and across the Milton Cemetery. The mortuary chapel visible in the centre of the photograph was converted to a church in 1873, and was demolished when Christ Church (Milton) was constructed in 1874-76 — State Library of Queensland. Cropped.

Paddington Cemeteries Plans

Paddington Cemeteries Plans from Appendix 8 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers.

Paddington Memorial

Paddington Memorial

Paddington Memorial, Portion 17 Section 1, on the corner of Emma Miller and William Brown Avenues.

The Paddington Memorial commemorates people originally buried in the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, now interred at Toowong Cemetery. The Paddington Memorial plaque reads:

The North Brisbane Burial Grounds at Paddington were opened by 1844 and became the final resting place for thousands of Brisbane's inhabitants over the ensuing decades. Following the opening of the Brisbane General Cemetery of Toowong in 1875, the seven sectarian cemeteries were gradually abandoned. By the end of the 19th century, the site had fallen into a state of disrepair. A decision was made in 1911 to have the Paddington Cemetery converted to public parklands. The memorials were subsequently removed and the opportunity was provided to relatives to relocate the remains and or memorials to other cemeteries including Toowong. Only a few hundred bodies were removed leaving several thousand on the site that became known as Lang Park.

Lang Park evolved into an iconic inner-city sports ground, with a major redevelopment of the stadium from 2001 to 2003. This resulted in the necessary excavation of sections of the former burial grounds that would be disturbed by construction. A methodical archaeological investigation was undertaken, and the fragmentary remains of 394 unidentified individuals were exhumed from the Episopalian (Anglican), Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian cemeteries. The remains were interred in this memorial in July 2003.

Paddington Cemetery Remains and Headstones moved to Toowong Cemetery

The table below lists the 139 human remains and 1061 headstones that were moved from Paddington Cemetery to Toowong Cemetery.

About the data
  • Sources:
  • People and Headstones have been given a unique identifier.
  • Extra name information from the Cemeteries Search is shown in italics.
  • 'n/a' means no entry was found in the Cemeteries Search or it is not possible determine a correct entry from those available
Person Given Names Last Name Remains moved from Remains moved to Headstone Headstone moved from Headstone moved to
1 Paul Barton Episcopalian n/a
2 Frederick James Barton Episcopalian 1-38-3 1 Episcopalian 1-38-3
3 Elizabeth Ella Barton Episcopalian 1-38-3 2 Episcopalian 1-38-3
4 Albert Barton Episcopalian 1-38-3 3 Episcopalian 1-38-3
5 Stuart Leslie Board 4 Episcopalian n/a
6 Ellen Victoria Board 4 Episcopalian n/a
7 Ann Ellen Boyce 5 Episcopalian n/a
8 Susan Boyce 6 Episcopalian n/a
9 Lionel Halford Burne Episcopalian 6-3-10 7 Episcopalian 6-3-10
10 Bernhart J. F. Buising Episcopalian 1-43-8/9
11 Richard James Coley Episcopalian 10-19-2 8 Episcopalian 10-19-2
12 Lucy Coley Episcopalian 10-19-2 8 Episcopalian 10-19-2
13 Clara Coley Episcopalian 10-19-2 8 Episcopalian 10-19-2
14 Emma Amelia Collins Episcopalian n/a 9 Episcopalian n/a
15 William H. Collins Episcopalian 13-69-22 9 Episcopalian 13-69-22
16 Mary Collins Episcopalian 13-69-22 9 Episcopalian 13-69-22
17 Roxina (Rosina) Cox Episcopalian 1-34-5 10 Episcopalian 1-34-5
18 George Diggins Episcopalian 5-17-26 11 Episcopalian 5-17-26
19 John Stephen Ferriter Episcopalian 14-24-13 12 Episcopalian 14-24-13
20 Jane Gatfield Episcopalian 1-6-21/22 13 Episcopalian 1-6-21/22
21 Eliza Gatfield Episcopalian 1-6-21/22 13 Episcopalian 1-6-21/22
22 Gilbert Elliot Gore Episcopalian 9-33-6 14 Episcopalian 9-33-6
23 Charles F. Gorton Episcopalian 6-26-11 15 Episcopalian 6-26-11
24 Emily Gorton Episcopalian 6-26-11 15 Episcopalian 6-26-11
25 John Edmund Hardgrave 16 Episcopalian n/a
26 William Alexander Hardgrave 16 Episcopalian n/a
27 Josephine M. Hardren Episcopalian n/a 17 Episcopalian n/a
28 Sarah Ann Hipwood Episcopalian 1-19-10 18 Episcopalian 1-19-10
29 Ellen Hymes Episcopalian 12-39-4/5
30 Sarah Jeays Episcopalian 13-62-13 19 Episcopalian 13-62-13
31 Elfrie Thomas Kerr Jones Episcopalian 6-3-8/9 20 Episcopalian 6-3-8/9
32 Louisa Ruth Jones Episcopalian 6-3-8/9 20 Episcopalian 6-3-8/9
33 Delia Charlotte Labbett Episcopalian 9-30-13 21 Episcopalian 9-30-13
34 Mary Lackey Episcopalian 1-60-23
35 John Joseph Lovekin Episcopalian 12-12-19 22 Episcopalian 12-12-19
36 William Thomas Lowis 23 Episcopalian n/a
37 Rose Alice Martin Episcopalian 13-24-21 24 Episcopalian 13-24-21
38 Thomas McCarthy 25 Episcopalian n/a
39 Mary A. O'Connell Episcopalian 6-3-8/9 20 Episcopalian 6-3-8/9
40 Thomas Palmer Episcopalian 10-27-6 26 Episcopalian 10-27-6
41 Louisa Powell Episcopalian 1-6-16
42 Francis Pym Episcopalian 6-26-27 27 Episcopalian 6-26-27
43 Eliza (Elizabeth) Pym Episcopalian 6-26-27 27 Episcopalian 6-26-27
44 Ellen Lavinia Skyring 28 Episcopalian
45 Arthur Richard Smith Episcopalian 10-19-1 29 Episcopalian 10-19-1
46 Emily Gertrude Smith Episcopalian 1-87-10 30 Episcopalian 1-87-10
47 Helen Charlotte Stanley 31 Episcopalian n/a
48 Francis Montague Stanley 31 Episcopalian n/a
49 Harold Greville Henry Stanley 32 Episcopalian n/a
50 William Stokes Episcopalian n/a 33 Episcopalian n/a
51 Elizabeth Street 34 Episcopalian n/a
52 Ann Tombs Episcopalian 1-11-3 35 Episcopalian 1-11-3
53 William James Tombs Episcopalian 1-11-3 35 Episcopalian 1-11-3
54 George Herbert Vaughan Episcopalian 6-26-12 15 Episcopalian 6-26-12
55 Ida Caroline Vaughan Episcopalian 6-26-12 15 Episcopalian 6-26-12
56 Charles Samways Warry Episcopalian 1-38-3 36 Episcopalian 1-38-3
57 Thomas Symes Warry Episcopalian 1-38-3 37 Episcopalian 1-38-3
58 Thomas Warry Episcopalian 1-38-3 37 Episcopalian 1-38-3
59 Sarah Ann Warman Episcopalian 6-26-13 38 Episcopalian 6-26-13
60 William Wharton Episcopalian 9-31-8 17 Episcopalian 9-31-8
61 George Frederick Fry Wilson 39 Episcopalian n/a
62 John Wood Episcopalian n/a 40 Episcopalian n/a
63 Gilbert Wright Episcopalian 5-36-9 41 Episcopalian 5-36-9
64 Timothy Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 42 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
65 Michael Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 42 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
66 Timothy Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 42 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
67 Patrick Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 43 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
68 John Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 43 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
69 Timothy Patrick Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 43 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
70 Patrick Ahern Roman Catholic 7A-16-3 43 Roman Catholic 7A-16-3
71 Denis Ahern 44 Roman Catholic n/a
72 Jessie Armstrong Roman Catholic 7-6-15 45 Roman Catholic 7-6-15
73 Richard Belford Roman Catholic 15-11-6 46 Roman Catholic 15-11-6
74 Elizabeth Bradley 47 Roman Catholic n/a
75 Michael John Bride Roman Catholic 7-25-22 48 Roman Catholic 7-25-22
76 Hannah Mary Cain 49 Roman Catholic n/a
77 Johanna Considine Roman Catholic 7-13-7 50 Roman Catholic 7-13-7
78 Catherine Dawson Roman Catholic 7-81-18/19 51 Roman Catholic 7-81-18/19
79 Landrick Donovan Roman Catholic 7-45-1 52 Roman Catholic 7-45-1
80 Mary Ann Lavinia Dunlop Roman Catholic 7A-113-26 53 Roman Catholic 7A-113-26
81 Margaret Gallagher Roman Catholic 7-23-12 54 Roman Catholic 7-23-12
82 John Gilfoyle Roman Catholic 55 Roman Catholic
83 John Gilfoyle Roman Catholic 55 Roman Catholic
84 Honora Gilfoyle Roman Catholic 7-25-22 48 Roman Catholic
85 John Gilfoyle Roman Catholic 7-25-22 48 Roman Catholic 7-25-22
86 Mary Ann Gorman Roman Catholic 7-81-6 56 Roman Catholic 7-81-6
87 William Hickey Roman Catholic 7-45-1 57 Roman Catholic 7-45-1
88 Philip Lynch Roman Catholic 7A-117-7
89 John McGrath 58 Roman Catholic 7A-60-8
90 Catherine McSweeney Roman Catholic 7A-87-16 59 Roman Catholic 7A-87-16
91 Michael McSweeney Roman Catholic 7A-87-16 59 Roman Catholic 7A-87-16
92 James McGowan Roman Catholic 7-41-3 60 Roman Catholic 7-41-3
93 Nicholas Mitchell Roman Catholic 7-81-18/19 51 Roman Catholic 7-81-18/19
94 Patrick Mooney 61 Roman Catholic n/a
95 James Mooney 61 Roman Catholic n/a
96 Mrs. Catherine Murphy Roman Catholic 7-13-7 62 Roman Catholic 7-13-7
97 Catherine Murphy Roman Catholic 7-13-7 62 Roman Catholic 7-13-7
98 Annie O'Brien 63 Roman Catholic n/a
99 Cornelius O'Brien 63 Roman Catholic n/a
100 Patrick Pacey 58 Roman Catholic n/a
101 Annie Pacey 58 Roman Catholic n/a
102 Ellen Pacey 58 Roman Catholic n/a
103 Catherine Queely Roman Catholic 7A-157-14 64 Roman Catholic 7A-157-14
104 Mary Scanlan 61 Roman Catholic n/a
105 Jane Windmill 65 Roman Catholic n/a
106 Jeremiah William Windmill 66 Roman Catholic n/a
107 Arundel Barker 67 Presbyterian n/a
108 William John Cahill Presbyterian 12-48-30/31 68 Presbyterian 12-48-30/31
109 John Clarke Caldwell Presbyterian 13-48-22 69 Presbyterian 13-48-22
110 Mary Ann Caldwell Presbyterian 13-48-22 69 Presbyterian 13-48-22
111 Adam Cumming Presbyterian 6-23-20 70 Presbyterian 6-23-20
112 Alexander Gordon Cumming 71 Presbyterian n/a
113 Andrew S. Ferguson Presbyterian 10-19-19 72 Presbyterian 10-19-19
114 Elizabeth Foote Presbyterian 9-37-3 73 Presbyterian 9-37-3
115 Mary Jeffcoat Presbyterian 5-70-20 74 Presbyterian 5-70-20
116 Julia Jeffcoat Presbyterian 5-70-20 74 Presbyterian 5-70-20
117 John MacRae Presbyterian n/a 75 Presbyterian n/a
118 Jane MacRae Presbyterian n/a 75 Presbyterian n/a
119 Marion MacRae Presbyterian n/a 75 Presbyterian n/a
120 Ann MacRae Presbyterian n/a 75 Presbyterian n/a
121 Jessie M. Manwaring Presbyterian 10-19-19 72 Presbyterian 10-19-19
122 Elizabeth McCann 76 Presbyterian n/a
123 Alexander McDonald Presbyterian 13-75-12 77 Presbyterian 13-75-12
124 Mary Lucy McDonald Presbyterian 13-75-12 77 Presbyterian 13-75-12
125 William McKenzie Presbyterian 7A-106-8 78 Presbyterian 7A-106-8
126 Agatha Mellor Presbyterian 9-17-10 79 Presbyterian 9-17-10
127 John Foran Mellor Presbyterian 9-17-10 79 Presbyterian 9-17-10
128 Mary Foran Mellor Presbyterian 9-17-10 79 Presbyterian 9-17-10
129 Francis William Mayer Presbyterian 9-44-8
130 John Moffat Presbyterian 12-48-30/31 68 Presbyterian 12-48-30/31
131 Margaret Moffat Presbyterian 12-48-30/31 68 Presbyterian 12-48-30/31
131 Donald Murray Presbyterian 18-76-13 80 Presbyterian 18-76-13
132 Mary A. Murray Presbyterian 18-76-13 80 Presbyterian 18-76-13
133 John Wood Rendall Presbyterian 1-51-2 81 Presbyterian 1-51-2
134 John Charles Russell Presbyterian 13-16-22
135 James Swan Presbyterian 6-26-25 82 Presbyterian 6-26-25
136 William Tulloch Presbyterian 18-75-2 83 Presbyterian 18-75-2
137 Frances Betts Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-53-10 84 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-53-10
138 Thomas Costin Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22 85 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22
139 Mary Ann Elizabeth Costin Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22 85 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22
140 Harry Thomas Costin Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22 85 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22
141 Emma Costin Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22 85 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-38-22
142 Martha Betts Faulkner 86 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
143 Mary Ann Markwell Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 1-35-5 87 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 1-35-5
144 Sarah Catherine Munce 88 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
145 Godfrey B. Munce 88 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
146 Naomi Murfin Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-25-10 89 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-25-10
147 Harriett Paten Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-70-3 90 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 13-70-3
148 Annie Piddington Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-23-18 91 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-23-18
149 Hugh Piddington Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-23-18 91 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-23-18
150 George Frederick Poole Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 9-12-5 92 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 9-12-5
151 infant Poole Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a 92 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
152 Henry E. Tom Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-26-24 93 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational 6-26-24
153 Mary Ann Walpole 86 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
154 Charles White Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a 94 Weslyan Methodist and Congregational n/a
155 Benjamin Badger Baptist 6-2-9 95 Baptist 6-2-9
156 Eleanor Badger Baptist 6-2-9 95 Baptist 6-2-9
157 Joseph Badger Baptist 6-2-9 95 Baptist 6-2-9
158 Elizabeth Goldsmith Baptist 18-72-5 96 Baptist 18-72-5
159 Robert John Goldsmith Baptist n/a 96 Baptist n/a
160 Florence T. Gregory Baptist 4-11-16 97 Baptist 4-11-16
161 Margaret Jane Gregory Baptist 4-11-16 97 Baptist 4-11-16
162 John S. Kingsford 98 Baptist n/a
163 Edith M. Knight Baptist 13-69-11 99 Baptist 13-69-11
164 Robert Loague Baptist 18-72-5 96 Baptist 18-72-5
165 Ann Loague Baptist 18-72-5 96 Baptist 18-72-5
166 Mary Loague Baptist 18-72-5 96 Baptist 18-72-5
167 Bowen McFarlane Baptist 13-64-20
168 child McFarlane Baptist 13-64-20
169 Maria Pike Baptist 4-8-10 100 Baptist 4-8-10
170 Kate Spilsbury Baptist 13-23-2 101 Baptist 13-23-2
171 Mary Ward 102 Baptist n/a
172 Edith May Warry Baptist n/a 103 Baptist n/a
173 Susan Elizabeth Warry Baptist 6-26-23 103 Baptist 6-26-23
174 David L. Levy Jewish 3-9-1 104 Jewish 3-9-1
175 Herbert Michael Levy Jewish 3-9-2 105 Jewish 3-9-2
176 Osias Loewe Jewish 3-9-3 106 Jewish 3-9-3

Abbreviations used in the source document have been expanded using the following mappings:

Abbreviation Name or Honorific Prefix
Alex. Alexander
Chas. Charles
Eliz. Elizabeth
Fdk. Frederick
Geo. George
Hy. Henry
Patk. Patrick
Robt. Robert
Tim. Timothy
Thos. Thomas
Wm. William

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  1. Appendix 3 in Volume 2 of the 1914 Parliamentary papers states 105 headstones were moved, Wm. Stokes' headstone wasn't counted as it was 'Removed at the applicants expense'. ↩