The Northern Suburbs Crematorium, officially Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, is a crematorium affiliated with Protestantism located in North Ryde, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was officially opened on 28 October 1933, and the first cremation took place on 30 October.
Northern Suburns Crematorium was the second crematorium in New South Wales. It was designed by Frank I'Anson Bloomfield (1879-1949), who was cremated there, and also designed NSW's and Sydney's first crematorium at Rookwood Cemetery. Bloomfield designed both places with a view to an authentic "florentine" feel. The grounds feature Art Deco statues, Royal Doulton tiles, classic iron work and other period features. The Memorial Gardens is a heritage listed site and often features in historical tours of Sydney and the North Shore.
The most notable interments include two Prime Ministers of Australia, Chris Watson and Joseph Cook and one Premier of New South Wales and later Governor-General of Australia, Sir William McKell.
In 2012 a new Function Centre was opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Professor Marie Bashir.
The cremated remains of notable persons located at Northern Suurbs Crematorium include:
Jack Baddeley, 2nd Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Sir Garfield Barwick, 7th Chief Justice of Australia and politician
Sir Nigel Bowen, Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
Sir Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia
Dame Mary Cook, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
Sir Talbot Duckmanton, Former General Manager of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Pat Hills, 6th Deputy Premier of New South Wales and 69th Lord Mayor of Sydney
Sir Samuel Hordern, Businessman and namesake of the Hordern Pavilion
Stuart Inder, Journilist
Frederick Kneeshaw, Politician
Sir Walter (Mac) Leonard, Bunsiessman, CEO of Ampol
Sir William McKell, 12th Governor General of Australia and 27th Premier of New South Wales
Sir Norman Nock, 64th Lord Mayor of Sydney
Sir Bill Northam, Australian Olympic yachtsman and businessman
Lt. Gen. Sir John Northcott, 30th Governor of New South Wales
Lady Jean Page, second wife of Prime Minister Sir Earle Page
Banjo Patterson, Poet
Sir William Pettingell, Businessman
Maj. Gen Sir Charles Rosenthal, Soldier and politician
Sir Percy Spender, Politician
Sir Kenneth Starr, Soldier and doctor
Sir Vernon Treatt, 17th Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
Sir Gordon Wallace, 1st President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
Sir Edward Warren, Politician
Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia
Reginald Weaver, 16th Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
Lt. Gen. Sir Eric Woodward, 31st Governor of New South Wales
Sir William Yeo, Soldier
Cremations of notable people at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium include:
Sid Barnes, cricketer
Sir Thomas Bavin, Premier of New South Wales
Captain George Cartwright, A.I.F., VC recipient, World War I
Captain Frank Chaffey, Soldier and New South Wales politician
V. Gordon Childe, archaeologist and philologist
Charmian Clift, novelist
Slim Dusty, country singer
Air Commodore Sir Hughie Edwards, Royal Air Force VC recipient World War II and Governor of Western Australia - ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
Sergeant Arthur Evans, Lincolnshire Regiment VC recipient World War I - ashes buried Lytham St Annes, England
May Gibbs, author
Michael Hutchence, INXS lead singer
Alison Kerr, Lady Kerr, first wife of Sir John Kerr
Banjo Paterson, poet
Vic Richardson, lawnmower inventor
Sir James Joynton Smith, Lord Mayor of Sydney
Corporal Arthur Sullivan, A.I.F. VC recipient, Russian Civil War - previously cremated Golders Green Crematorium, London, ashes rest near Tree 267A, North section.
E. J. Tait, theatre entrepreneur
Arkie Whiteley, actress
Commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are 64 Commonwealth service personnel who were cremated here during World War II.
