Upper Mangrove Cemetery

On Saturday I rode my mountain bike down to Upper Mangrove Cemetery and the location of what was once a small settlement on the first road from Sydney to Gosford.


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To reach the settlement I rode down Dubbo Gully Road at Mangrove Mountain.This is now a service track to allow access to the catchment area of Mangrove Creek dam but was once part of the original road that allowed travelers to reach Gosford.

A overhanging rock formation close to the start of Dubbo Gully Road.










At the base of the descent the road crosses Mangrove Creek. As you follow the road around you find the Upper Mangrove Cemetery. The cemetery was part of the St Thomas' Church and until a bushfire destroyed it in 2002 the church was still situated here.

An overview of the cemetery at Upper Mangrove.

Some of the larger headstones from the cemetery at Upper Mangrove. The cemetery was still in use until around the 1950's.







Also around this area you can find evidence of the convict built nature of this road. This area is connected to the Great North Road by the Simpsons Track. It is thought that this road was built at around the same time as the Great North Road was being constructed between 1828 and 1836.

Convict built drainage culvert.

Further Photos

Further Reading:

The Convict Trail
Wildwalks - Bushwalking Information