The cemetery belongs to Christ Church, the Anglican church founded in 1695 and place of worship for many of the famous Revolutionary War participants, including George Washington. The burial ground is located at 5th and Arch Streets. The land for it was purchased in 1719.
The cemetery is now open to the public, after being closed off for 25 years.
Other famous people buried at Christ Church Burial Ground are:
ChristChurchBurialGround in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah.
Five signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried there, with two more buried at ChristChurch just a few blocks away.
The cemetery belongs to ChristChurch, the Anglicanchurch founded in 1695 and place of worship for many of the famous Revolutionary War participants, including George Washington.
ChristChurch Tingalpa and BurialGround, established 1868 with the church re-constructed in 1886, is important in illustrating the pattern of development of Queensland history.
The establishment of ChristChurch Tingalpa is important in illustrating the determination of early immigrants to transplant to Queensland the culture and religion of their homeland.
The present ChristChurch Tingalpa was erected in 1886 for the Anglican parish of Tingalpa, replacing an 1868 church designed by Brisbane architect RG Suter and demolished during the cyclone of 5 December 1885.
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