# Symonds Street Cemetery

Auckland, New Zealand

Symonds Street Cemetery, established in 1842, is Auckland's oldest burial ground, a wooded 5.8-hectare slope above Grafton Gully. It holds early colonists including Governor William Hobson, and lost thousands of graves to 1960s motorway works.

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Coordinates: -36.8595, 174.7642

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