 Its construction, together with its 1834 site fencing, also served as a political statement by confirming the claim to the site by the Catholic community.The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history.St Patrick's Cemetery is State significant for its early associations with the Franciscan and Capuchin orders in Australia though its 1844 mortuary chapel which is the oldest in Australia.