Pearce Family Cemetery

The land on which the cemetery is located consists of, on the east, a small part of Matthew Pearce's grant dated 1795 [Reg. 1 No. 169(3)] (portion 209 of ) and a larger part of Matthew Woodward Pearce's grant dated 1835 [Bk. P p. 7] (portion 209 of ). In March 1985 Baulkham Hills Shire Council (later renamed The Hills Shire Council) reversed its decision to resume the cemetery land, and a Permanent Conservation Order (PCO) [No. 593] was placed on the cemetery by the Heritage Council. In 1988 there was a proposal for acquisition by the Roads & Traffic Authority for all the land surrounding, but excluding, the cemetery. Nonetheless, they are monumental inscriptions to this couple at the family cemetery. == Description ==

The Pearce Family Cemetery is situated on a rise almost at the highest point of the land on Seven Hills Road North and for most of the 20th century was surrounded by paddocks. It is a small cemetery of . == Heritage listing ==

As at 19 April 2005, a small family burial ground, historically important because it contains the remains of Matthew Pearce, the district's first settler, and the graves of his descendants. The cemetery has associations with the Pearce family, who also owned nearby Bella Vista Farm, Seven Hills. The location of the cemetery on the Old Windsor Road indicates the important role of the road for communications between the local settlers and the rest of the colony, especially the markets for their produce, and of the importance of the family who displayed their genealogical relationships and sense of place in such a publicly prominent mode. The Pearce Family Cemetery was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. == See also ==