The Briars Cemetery
Bungendore District, Southern Tablelands Region, New South Wales, Australia

Contributed by Barry Stephenson, May 31, 2004, last edited Dec 15, 2004 [barry.stephenson@homemail.com.au]. Total records = 8.

The cemetery is on private property called “The Briars”, which is 16.3 klms from Bungendore on the Captains Flat Road.

This is a private family cemetery, which is located on private property. It is best to contact the property owners in advance for permission if you wish to visit the cemetery.

Most of the burials are of the Shanahan Family original owners of the property. Information on burials have come from death certificates and headstones. Nine names appear on headstones. Other family members are buried in the Bungendore cemetery.

I walked and read this cemetery in May of 2004.

- Barry Stephenson

Cranney, Jane Josephine, b. Parramatta, d. 1 Feb 1932 Bungendore, age: 77yr, d/o James & Jane Kennedy
Johnson, unnamed child, b. 17 Oct 1873, d. 25 Oct 1873 The Briars, age: 8day, child/o William & Mary Cuneen Johnson, Unmarked grave
Shanahan, Catherine, b. Tipperary Ireland, d. 12 Mar 1882 The Briars, age: 97yr, d/o William & Catherine Burke Rourke
Shanahan, Ellen Margaret, b. Parramatta, d. 6 Jul 1920 Mosman, age: 67yr, d/o James & Jane Kennedy Cranney
Shanahan, Mary Fellon, d. 1853, age: 35yr
Shanahan, Sydney James, b. Bungendore, d. 2 Mar 1930 Lewisham, age: 80yr, s/o Thomas & Mary Fellon Shanahan
Shanahan, Thomas Valentine, b. Molonglo, d. 30 Aug 1866 Molonglo, age: 7yr, s/o Thomas & Mary Carroll Shanahan
Shanahan, Valerie Irene, b. 3 Oct 1881, d. 3 Oct 1881 The Briars, age: 20mths, d/o Thomas & Mary Mulcahy Shanahan