Maitland Jewish Cemetery Interpretation Plan
Maitland Jewish Cemetery is a NSW Heritage Listed site. It is significant as the earliest, largest and most intact dedicated Jewish cemetery in NSW. It also marks the important place of Jewish residents in the early history of Maitland, and reflects the rise and decline of that community – and of Maitland more broadly – during the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries.
Over the past decade, a range of research, interpretation and conservation work has seen the cemetery rescued from a period of neglect. It is now sensitively conserved, fenced, landscaped and documented.
This interpretation plan builds on this existing work, and provides a framework and strategies for sharing the history of the cemetery and its conservation, and for engaging a variety of audiences.
Open Museums, Open Minds
Maitland is home to a number of collections of items that reveal aspects of Maitland’s past, present and future. Some are owned and managed by Council; others are under community care. They are public, social and cultural assets that contribute to the visitor economy and to Maitland’s cultural landscape.
Open Museums, Open Minds documents the nature and content of these collections, and the variety of ways in which they invite residents and visitors to engage with the collections and the stories those collections can tell. It also documents the resources they have and use, and the resources they need.