East Perth Cemeteries - Timeline

Timeline

• 24 December 1829 — site surveyed by John Septimus Roe
• 6 January 1830 — first recorded burial. That of Private John Mitchell.
• 1848 — first portion of St Bartholomew's built
• 16 February 1871 — St Bartholmew's enlarged. Consecrated as a mortuary chapel by Matthew Hale, the Bishop of Perth
• 19 August 1888 — St Bartholomew's consecrated as an Anglican parish church. First service conducted by Dean Goldsmith.
• late October 1889 — A belfry constructed near the church.
• 1899 — Cemeteries closed, but due to public demand, burials in existing vaults or family graves were extended.
• 1900 — St Bartholomew's extended with the addition of a sanctuary and the enlargement of the nave. Extensions consecrated by Charles Owen Leaver Riley on 22 March 1900
• 1963 — St Bartholomew's ceases to function as a parish church.
• 17 December 1975 — St. Bartholomew's and its driveway vested in the National Trust
• 1976 — St Bartholomew's restored.
• 6 May 1986 — the entire cemeteries site enclosed with a wire-mesh fence to stop the repeated vandalism
• 1994 — National Trust assumes responsibility for the entire site.
• 2002 — Services recommence at St Bartholomew's