List of cemeteries in Australia
This is a list of cemeteries in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory
Australian island territories
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island
- Christmas Island Cemetery
Norfolk Island
- Norfolk Island Cemetery, Kingston
New South Wales
Blue Mountains
- Blackheath
- Faulconbridge
- Katoomba
- Kurrajong
- Lawson
- Megalong Valley
- Mount Irvine
- Mount Victoria
- Mount Wilson
- Wentworth Falls
Central Coast
- Bradys Gully
- Catherine Hill Bay
- Cooranbong
- Frosts Rest
- Helys Grave
- Jilliby
- Kincumber South
- Kincumber - St Pauls
- Lisarow
- Martinsville
- Morisset
- Point Clare
- Point Frederick
- Ronkana
- Veteran Hall
- Wamberal
- Woongarrah
- Wyee
- Wyee Bethshan
Greater West
- Bowenfels
- South Bowenfels
- Moyne Farm, Lithgow
Macarthur Region
- Camden
- Greendale Anglican
- Greendale Catholic
- Mulgoa
- Picton
Sydney
- Badgerys Creek - 2 cleared
- Balmain Cemetery
- Balmain Catholic Cemetery
- Botany, Pioneer Memorial Park
- Brooklyn Cemetery
- Camperdown Cemetery
- Castlebrook Memorial Park, Rouse Hill
- Crows Nest, St Thomas Rest Park
- Devonshire Street Cemetery
- Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, (Sydney) - Incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
- Field of Mars Cemetery, (Sydney) - Located in Ryde, it was proclaimed on 3 December 1887 and opened for burials in 1890. Famous interments include: H. H. Calvert (artist) and Rita Hunter (opera singer).
- Gordon - St Johns Anglican Church and Cemetery
- Gore Hill cemetery, (Sydney) - Operated from 1864 to 1974.
- Little Bay, Coast Hospital Cemetery
- Liverpool
- Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium - Located in North Ryde, New South Wales
- Matraville, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
- North Parramatta, St Patrick's Cemetery, North Parramatta - Oldest Catholic cemetery in Australia (1824)
- Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens - North Ryde, New South Wales
- Old Sydney Burial Ground
- Parramatta, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta - Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery (1790)
- Petersham Cemetery
- Pine Grove Memorial Park, Western Sydney
- Randwick, St Jude's Anglican Cemetery
- Richmond
- Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km2, reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
- Ryde - St Annes
- South Coogee, Randwick General Cemetery
- St Peters, St_Peters_Church,_St_Peters and cemetery
- Vaucluse, South Head General Cemetery
- Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - Opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
- Windsor
Southern Highlands (New South Wales)
- Goulburn
- Old Goulburn
- Jewish
- Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
- Marulan Anglican
- Marulan Catholic
- Michelago Cemetery
- Penrose
- Queanbeyan Lawn Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery, Queanbeyan
- Taralga
- Welby
- Goulburn
Northern Territory
Alice Springs
- Alice Springs Cemetery
- Alice Springs Pioneer Cemetery or Stuart Town Cemetery
Darwin
- Darwin Chinese Memorial Cemetery
- Darwin General Cemetery
- Darwin Pioneer Cemetery (1865–1919)
- Gardens Cemetery
- Thorak Regional Cemetery
Queensland
Brisbane City
- Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane—also known as Bulimba Cemetery and (historically) Kangaroo Point Cemetery
- First Brisbane Burial Ground, also known as the Skew Street Cemetery
- Francis Lookout, a private cemetery at Corinda
- God's Acre Cemetery, Archerfield
- Lutwyche Cemetery
- Mount Thompson Crematorium, Queensland's first crematorium
- North Brisbane Burial Ground, also known as Paddington Cemetery, Milton Cemetery, now redeveloped as Lang Park
- Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium
- Nundah Cemetery - Formerly known as German Station Cemetery
- Pinnaroo Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane
- South Brisbane Cemetery - also known as Dutton Park Cemetery
- St Matthews Anglican Church, Grovely
- The Gap Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church Cemetery & Columbarium Wall, The Gap
- Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest existing and largest Brisbane cemetery. Opened in 1875. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.
Logan City
- Bethania Lutheran Church
- Carbrook Lutheran Cemetery
- Kingston Pioneer Cemetery
- Old St Mark's Anglican Church, Daisy Hill (formerly Slacks Creek)
Redland City
- Toowoomba Region
Whitsunday Region
Others
- Cooktown Cemetery, Shire of Cook
- Cressbrook Cemetery, Evelyn, Tablelands Region
- Garners Beach Burial Ground, Cassowary Coast Region
- Gympie Cemetery, Gympie Region
- Ipswich General Cemetery, City of Ipswich
- Joskeleigh Cemetery, Joskeleigh, Shire of Livingstone
- Mackay General Cemetery, Mackay Region
- Maryborough Cemetery, Fraser Coast Region
- McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery, Cairns, Cairns Region
- Mill Point Cemetery, Shire of Noosa
- St Patrick's Church, Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region
- South Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton Region
- Thursday Island Cemetery, Shire of Torres
- Warwick General Cemetery, Southern Downs Region
- West End Cemetery, Townsville, City of Townsville
South Australia
- Alberton Cemetery, Alberton (Closed)
- Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena — Opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.
- Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham[1]
- Dudley Park Cemetery, Dudley Park
- Enfield Memorial Park, Clearview[2]
- North Brighton Cemetery, Somerton Park
- North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth
- Payneham Cemetery, Payneham South
- Smithfield Memorial Park, Evanston South
- West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide — South Australia's oldest public cemetery.
- Willaston General Cemetery
Tasmania
- Cambridge Cemetery
- Cornelian Bay Cemetery
- East Risdon Cemetery
- Isle of the Dead - Port Arthur, early convict graves, part of the old gaol and convict reform settlement.
- Kingston Cemetery
- Mornington Memorial Gardens
- Penguin General Cemetery
- Pontville Cemetery
- Queenborough Cemetery - headstones relocated to Queenborough Memorial Garden and Cornelian Bay Cemetery
Victoria
Metropolitan Melbourne cemeteries
- Altona Memorial Park
- Andersons Creek Cemetery
- Boroondara General Cemetery
- Box Hill Cemetery
- Brighton Cemetery
- Bunurong Memorial Park
- Burwood Cemetery
- Cheltenham Memorial Park
- Cheltenham Pioneer’s Cemetery
- Coburg Cemetery
- Eltham Cemetery
- Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park
- Frankston Memorial Park
- Greensborough Cemetery
- Lilydale Memorial Park
- Melbourne General Cemetery
- Mornington Cemetery
- Northcote Cemetery
- Old Melbourne Cemetery
- Preston Cemetery
- Rye Cemetery and Memorial Gardens
- Sorrento Cemetery
- Springvale Botanical Cemetery
- St Andrew's Graveyard, Brighton
- St Kilda Cemetery
- Templestowe Cemetery
- Warringal Cemetery
- Will Will Rook Cemetery
- Williamstown Cemetery
Country Victorian cemeteries
- Aberfeldy Cemetery
- Ararat General Cemetery
- Bacchus Marsh - Maddingley General Cemetery
- Bairnsdale Cemetery
- Ballaarat New Cemetery
- Ballaarat Old Cemetery
- Bendigo
- Bendigo Cemetery
- Eaglehawk Cemetery
- Kangaroo Flat Remembrance Park
- White Hills Cemetery
- Castlemaine Cemetery
- Geelong Eastern Cemetery
- Geelong Western Cemetery
- Kyneton Cemetery
- Warracknabeal Cemetery
- Wooling Hill Memorial Estate
Western Australia
- East Perth Cemeteries
- Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) - Opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth
- Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia
- Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) - Opened in 1899 north of the Swan River and closest to the Perth city centre.
- Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, in the City of Gosnells
- Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia)
- Mundaring Cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
- Midland Cemetery
- Parkerville Children's Home bush cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
- Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, in the Perth suburb of Padbury[3]
- Wooroloo Sanatorium and cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
References
- "CEMETERY FOR PORT ADELAIDE". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XI, no. 3, 273. South Australia. 2 October 1874. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Enfield Memorial Park | Adelaide Cemeteries Authority".
- "Find Us". Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
External links
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