List of cemeteries in Australia explained
This is a list of cemeteries in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory
Australian island territories
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island
- Christmas Island Cemetery
Heard Island
- historic sealers cemetery
Macquarie Island
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
Hunter Region
Illawarra Region
- Berkeley Pioneer
- Bulli Anglican Churchyard
- Bulli Cemetery
- Coniston Cemetery
- Helensburgh
- Mount Kembla Miners Memorial
- Waterfall
- Windy Gully
- Wollongong - Andrew Lysaght Park
- Wollongong Lawn Cemetery
- Wollongong Memorial Park
Lord Howe Island
- Main cemetery
- Pinetrees cemetery
- Thompson Family Cemetery
- 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) – 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 – 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
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, Kedron
- Mount Gravatt Cemetery and Crematorium, Nathan
- 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.
Croydon Shire
Logan City
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
- Adelaide Cemeteries Authority[1]
- Alberton Cemetery, Alberton (Closed)
- Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena — Opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.
- Dudley Park Cemetery, Dudley Park
- Hindmarsh Cemetery, Hindmarsh
- Kadina Cemetery, Kadina
- Mount Crawford Cemetery, Mount Crawford[3]
- Mount Gambier
- Pioneer Park Cemetery[4]
- Lake Terrace Cemetery[5]
- Carinya Gardens Cemetery
- North Brighton Cemetery, Somerton Park
- North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth
- Payneham Cemetery, Payneham South
- St Jude's Church Cemetery, Brighton
- St Mary's Anglican Church Graveyard, St Marys[6]
- St Michael's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, Hahndorf[7]
- Willaston General Cemetery, Willaston
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
Country Victorian cemeteries
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
- Lakes Lawn Cemetery, Parklands, Mandurah
- Mandurah Cemetery, Mandurah – Closed Dec 1985
- 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[8]
- Wooroloo Sanatorium and cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
External links
The following links provide basic information on thousands of Australian cemeteries:
Notes and References
- https://aca.sa.gov.au/ Adelaide Cemeteries Authority
- News: Cemetery for Port Adelaide . . XI . 3,273 . South Australia . 2 October 1874 . 7 June 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=17029 Mount Crawford Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
- https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=13757 Mount Gambier Pioneer Park, SA Heritage Places
- https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=13782 Lake Terrace Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
- https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=3717 St Mary's Anglican Church, Graveyard & Gates, SA Heritage Places
- https://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=26049 St Michael's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
- Web site: Find Us. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. 2022-01-18.
