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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Active heritage listed Victorian–era burial ground in Sydney.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Brookwood_Cemetery" title="Brookwood Cemetery">Brookwood Cemetery</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Rookwood Cemetery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG/330px-Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG/500px-Rookwood_Necropolis.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rookwood Necropolis entrance</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_6443c12b3223ace6cf50073b48d6191a26d9e973"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rookwood_Cemetery&revid=1279100797&groups=_6443c12b3223ace6cf50073b48d6191a26d9e973" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rookwood_Cemetery&revid=1279100797&groups=_6443c12b3223ace6cf50073b48d6191a26d9e973 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1868</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="locality">Sydney</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rookwood_Cemetery&params=33.8741667_S_151.0547222_E_type:landmark_region:AU-NSW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°52′27″S</span> <span class="longitude">151°03′17″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.8741667°S 151.0547222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.8741667; 151.0547222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Public</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">286 hectares</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of interments</th><td class="infobox-data">1 million</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au">www<wbr />.rookwoodcemetery<wbr />.com<wbr />.au</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><div style="border:4px solid #BBB2FF; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register" title="New South Wales State Heritage Register">New South Wales Heritage Register</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Rookwood Cemetery and Necropolis</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">State heritage (Landscape)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">2 April 1999</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data">718</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data">Cemeteries and Burial Sites</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2330484">Rookwood Cemetery</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Rookwood_cross.jpg/250px-Rookwood_cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Rookwood_cross.jpg/330px-Rookwood_cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Rookwood_cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Celtic cross, Rookwood</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Rookwood Cemetery</b> (officially named <b>Rookwood Necropolis</b>) is a heritage-listed cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Rookwood,_Sydney,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales">Rookwood</a>, Sydney, Australia. It is the largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_necropolises" class="mw-redirect" title="List of necropolises">necropolis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is close to <a href="/wiki/Lidcombe_railway_station" title="Lidcombe railway station">Lidcombe railway station</a> about 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district" title="Sydney central business district">Sydney central business district</a>. It was added to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register" title="New South Wales State Heritage Register">New South Wales State Heritage Register</a> on 2 April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-718_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-718-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rookwood Cemetery is divided into denominational and operational areas with individual offices, staff, and equipment to run different parts of the entire area. The cemetery is now managed by three trusts. Rookwood Necropolis Land Manager are the custodians of Rookwood on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_South_Wales" title="Government of New South Wales">NSW Government</a>. The two denominational trusts are responsible for the care and maintenance of a number of burial sections catering to various ethnic and cultural groups within the community. Those trusts are: Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Land Manager (Rookwood General Cemetery) and the Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria. The NSW Cremation Company, which founded and operates The Rookwood Memorial Gardens Crematorium, is the oldest operating <a href="/wiki/Crematorium" title="Crematorium">crematorium</a> in Australia. The NSW Cremation Company is the only private company operating a 'cemetery' section within the Necropolis grounds. Today the company is part of the <a href="/wiki/InvoCare" title="InvoCare">InvoCare</a> company. </p><p>Rookwood also contains a number of memorial shrines including those dedicated to victims of <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a> and to members of the merchant marines killed in wartime. The Sydney War Cemetery is located in the eastern section of the Necropolis. The Circle of Love is a shrine dedicated to stillborn children or those who died in young infancy. </p><p>There are 915,000 people (figures as at 31 December 2014) that have been buried and cremated at Rookwood, which covers an area of 314 hectares (780 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Friends of Rookwood Inc" is a voluntary organisation dedicated to preserving the site. As the largest <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> cemetery still in operation in the world, Rookwood is of significant national and historical importance. </p><p>Some older sections of Rookwood are overgrown with a riot of plants, early horticultural plants, some now large trees or groves, as well as an interesting array of remnant indigenous flora. This results in quite an eclectic mix of flora to be found within the necropolis, including endangered native species such as <a href="/wiki/Acacia_pubescens" title="Acacia pubescens">Downy wattle</a> and small leaved <a href="/wiki/Dillwynia" title="Dillwynia">Dillwynia</a> (<i>Dillwynia parvifolia</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Serpentine Canal within the Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Land Manager was restored in recent years, repairing and replacing ornamentation, landscaping and vegetation over 31 hectares (77 acres) of the cemetery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1819, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Macquarie" title="Lachlan Macquarie">Lachlan Macquarie</a> established Sydney's main burial ground near the town's brickworks. By the 1840s, the <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Street_Cemetery" title="Devonshire Street Cemetery">Devonshire Street Cemetery</a> was close to being full so another larger site was needed. A location on the Sydney Common was chosen in 1845, but abandoned in 1859 without ever being used due to complaints from local residents and churches.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Australia, as in Europe, there was an increasing trend to move burial sites outside of the cities for practical, hygienic and other more aesthetic purposes. With a <a href="/wiki/Main_Suburban_railway_line" title="Main Suburban railway line">railway line</a> having been completed to <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_railway_station" title="Parramatta railway station">Parramatta</a> in 1856, it was decided to locate the new cemetery at a point on the line. Several sites were surveyed and found to be inappropriate. However, in 1862 the Cowper government purchased 80 hectares of land at Haslem's Creek from the estate of Edward Cohen. Cohen's land had previously formed part of a larger parcel known as "Hyde Park" that had been given to the magistrate and parliamentarian <a href="/wiki/Henry_Grattan_Douglass" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Grattan Douglass">Henry Grattan Douglass</a> in 1833 and subsequently leased out. The site was approved due to its relative isolation and proximity to the railway line. </p><p>The cemetery was then divided into sections for the various denominations according to their numbers in the 1861 census. The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> section was 21 hectares, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholic Church</a> was allocated 14 hectares and a non-denominational area of 23 hectares was also established. Other denominations allocated land in the original 200 acres (80 hectares) were Jews, Independents (Congregationalists), Presbyterians and Wesleyans. The Necropolis Act of 1867 came into force on 1 January 1868 formally dedicating the cemetery and establishing cemetery trusts.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first burial in the cemetery, reported by the <i>Sydney Morning Herald,</i> was a pauper, 18-year-old John Whalan, buried on 5 January 1867. This burial was not recorded in the burial register. The first official burial was recorded in the Roman Catholic area: a 14-month-old toddler, Catherine McMullen, on 7 January 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1879, more land was needed and the remaining 233 hectares of the former "Hyde Park" were then purchased. By the 1890s the cemetery was home to several buildings including the St Michael the Archangel Chapel and various cottages for section managers and <a href="/wiki/Sexton_(office)" title="Sexton (office)">sextons</a>. </p><p>Originally known simply as the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/necropolis" class="extiw" title="wikt:necropolis">Necropolis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> meaning "city of the dead"), local residents lobbied officials to have the name of their village changed from Haslem's Creek due to its association with the cemetery. In 1879, the villagers got their wish and the area's name was changed to Rookwood; however, before long, the Necropolis was also being referred to by that name. The settlement of Rookwood changed its name in 1913 to <a href="/wiki/Lidcombe,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Lidcombe, New South Wales">Lidcombe</a>, as a blend of two mayors' names, Lidbury and Larcombe (Larcombe was also a monumental <a href="/wiki/Stonemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonemason">stonemason</a> whose business, 'Larcombe Memorials' exists to this day). The cemetery retained the name Rookwood. </p><p>The name Rookwood is most likely an accidental or deliberate corruption of the name <a href="/wiki/Brookwood_Cemetery" title="Brookwood Cemetery">Brookwood Cemetery</a> and its associated <a href="/wiki/Brookwood_railway_station" title="Brookwood railway station">railway station</a>. At the time of Rookwood's opening, Brookwood Cemetery, located in <a href="/wiki/Brookwood,_Surrey" title="Brookwood, Surrey">Brookwood, Surrey</a>, England, was one of the largest cemeteries in the world. It is less likely that, as claimed by some sources, Rookwood was named after <a href="/wiki/William_Harrison_Ainsworth" title="William Harrison Ainsworth">William Harrison Ainsworth</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/Rookwood_(novel)" title="Rookwood (novel)">Rookwood</a></i>, written in 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-station_names_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-station_names-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_line">Railway line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Railway line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rookwood_Cemetery_railway_line" title="Rookwood Cemetery railway line">Rookwood Cemetery railway line</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_000016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rookwood_000016.jpg/200px-Rookwood_000016.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rookwood_000016.jpg/300px-Rookwood_000016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rookwood_000016.jpg/400px-Rookwood_000016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption>Haslem's Creek Cemetery station c.1865</figcaption></figure> <p>Rookwood was served by a rail spur from the main line from 1867 until 1948. Mortuary stations served each of the three sections of the necropolis, with a fourth at the main junction and a fifth on <a href="/wiki/Regent_Street_railway_station" title="Regent Street railway station">Regent Street</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Central_railway_station,_Sydney" title="Central railway station, Sydney">Central station</a>. The railway line construction began in November 1864 and from 1 January 1865, trains began their run into the cemetery. It stopped at prearranged stations on the journey from central Sydney to pick up mourners and coffins. Trains ran at 9.30 am and 3 pm. The trains that carried the mourners were known as 'unimproved Redferns'<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were two types of <a href="/wiki/Hearse" title="Hearse">Hearse</a> carriages used for the procession. One consisted of a four-wheeled van that carried up to 10 coffins on its upper and lower shelves. Each of these shelves was designed so it could open onto the platform. There were also eight-wheeled vans that could hold 30 coffins. Both of these vehicles were attached the back of the train for transporting to the cemetery. At the terminus inside the cemetery the coffins were unloaded using 'wheeled hand-propelled litters'<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rail line was used to convey funeral parties to Rookwood until 1948 when the expanded use of processions by road made it obsolete. The stations were offered to the Joint Committee of Necropolis Trustees for the price of £1 but due to maintenance costs the offer was rejected and the platforms within the cemetery were demolished. <a href="/wiki/Cemetery_Station_No._1_railway_station" title="Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station">Cemetery Station No. 1</a><sup id="cite_ref-station_names_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-station_names-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the head of the rail spur was sold to Reverend Buckle for £100 in 1951 and was moved to <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> in 1957 to become the <a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Church,_Canberra" class="mw-redirect" title="All Saints Church, Canberra">All Saints Church, Canberra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_references">Cultural references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cultural references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rookwood Cemetery gave rise to the phrase "crook as Rookwood", meaning chronically ill, as "crook" is Australian slang for being unwell. A <a href="/wiki/Crook_as_Rookwood" title="Crook as Rookwood">novel by Chris Nyst</a> published in 2005 uses the phrase as its title.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_interments">Notable interments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable interments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:Burials_at_Rookwood_Cemetery" title="Category:Burials at Rookwood Cemetery">Category:Burials at Rookwood Cemetery</a></div> <p>Rookwood Cemetery has or had several notable interments, including three recipients of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_George_Bailey" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric George Bailey">Eric Bailey</a> (1906–1945), recipient of the <a href="/wiki/George_Cross" title="George Cross">George Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcroft_Boake_(poet)" title="Barcroft Boake (poet)">Barcroft Boake</a> (1866–1892), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barnet" title="James Barnet">James Barnet</a> (1827–1904), NSW Government Architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Buzacott" title="Aaron Buzacott">Aaron Buzacott</a> (1800–1864), <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational</a> minister, missionary at <a href="/wiki/Rarotonga" title="Rarotonga">Rarotonga</a> and founder of <a href="/wiki/Takamoa_Theological_College" title="Takamoa Theological College">Takamoa Theological College</a>; reinterred from <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Street_Cemetery" title="Devonshire Street Cemetery">Devonshire Street Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cahill" title="Joseph Cahill">Joseph Cahill</a> (1891–1959), <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of New South Wales</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Clarke_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarke brothers">Clarke brothers</a>, Thomas (1840–1867) and John (1846–1867), bushrangers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lyon_Cohen" title="Francis Lyon Cohen">Francis Lyon Cohen</a> (1862–1934), the first Jewish <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Chaplains%27_Department" title="Royal Army Chaplains' Department">chaplain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dawson_(bass-baritone)" title="Peter Dawson (bass-baritone)">Peter Dawson</a> (1882–1961), <a href="/wiki/Bass-baritone" title="Bass-baritone">bass-baritone</a> singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fairfax" title="John Fairfax">John Fairfax</a> (1804–1877), newspaper proprietor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Falleni" title="Eugene Falleni">Eugene Falleni</a> (1875–1938), murderer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilian_Fowler" title="Lilian Fowler">Lilian Fowler</a> (1886–1954), Australia's first female mayor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frazer_(politician)" title="John Frazer (politician)">John Frazer</a> (1827–1884), politician and businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Henry_Fullwood" title="Albert Henry Fullwood">Albert Henry Fullwood</a> (1863–1930), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Governor" title="Jimmy Governor">Jimmy Governor</a> (1875–1901), outlaw</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gowing" title="John Gowing">John Gowing</a> (1835–1908), co-founder of Gowings store</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Hart" title="William Ewart Hart">William Ewart Hart</a> (1885–1943), aviator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_%27Chow%27_Hayes" title="John 'Chow' Hayes">John 'Chow' Hayes</a> (1911–1993), Underworld Figure</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Healy_(Mother_Gertrude)" title="Mary Healy (Mother Gertrude)">Mary Healy (Mother Gertrude)</a> (1865–1952), Sister of Charity and hospital administrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hines_(Australian_soldier)" title="John Hines (Australian soldier)">John 'Barney' Hines</a> (1878–1958), veteran WWI soldier, known for prowess as 'souvenir' collector from Germans</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Holden" title="Les Holden">Les Holden</a> (1895-1932), World War I Australian fighter ace (cremated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_Hopkins" title="Livingston Hopkins">Livingston Hopkins</a> (1846–1947), illustrator & cartoonist, professionally known as 'Hop'</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hoskins" title="Charles Hoskins">Charles Hoskins</a> (1851–1926), industrialist associated with the iron and steel industry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Anne_Huckstep" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally Anne Huckstep">Sallie-Anne Huckstep</a> (1954–1986), Sydney underworld figure</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jones_(merchant)" title="David Jones (merchant)">David Jones</a> (1793–1873), founder of <a href="/wiki/David_Jones_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="David Jones Limited">David Jones stores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Joseph_(Australian_politician)" title="Samuel Joseph (Australian politician)">Samuel Joseph</a> (1824–1898), merchant, politician, Jewish community leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kenna" title="Peter Kenna">Peter Kenna</a> (1930–1987), playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lang_(Australian_politician)" title="Jack Lang (Australian politician)">Jack Lang</a> (1876–1975), <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Lawson" title="Louisa Lawson">Louisa Lawson</a> (1848–1920), suffragist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Maynard" title="Charles Frederick Maynard">Charles Frederick Maynard</a> (1897–1946), Indigenous leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dodds_McCormick" title="Peter Dodds McCormick">Peter Dodds McCormick</a> (1834–1916), songwriter ("<a href="/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair" title="Advance Australia Fair">Advance Australia Fair</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McRae" title="George McRae">George McRae</a> (1858–1923), architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bea_Miles" title="Bea Miles">Bea Miles</a> (1902–1973), well-known Sydney eccentric</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Nichols_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Nichols (Australian politician)">Bob Nichols</a> (1809–1857), politician, first Auditor-General of NSW</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yip_Ho_Nung" title="Yip Ho Nung">Yip Ho Nung</a> (1909–1979), restaurateur and Chinese community leader</li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/John_Paton_(VC)" title="John Paton (VC)">John Paton</a> (1833–1914), recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Mutiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Mutiny">Indian Mutiny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Pitman" title="Jacob Pitman">Jacob Pitman</a> (1810–1890), advocate of <a href="/wiki/Shorthand" title="Shorthand">shorthand</a> (whose epitaph is written phonetically)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Rene" title="Roy Rene">Roy Rene</a> (1891–1954), comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saffron" title="Abe Saffron">Abe Saffron</a> (1919–2006), businessman and underworld figure</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Moonlite" title="Captain Moonlite">Andrew George Scott</a> (1842–1880), bushranger (disinterred 1995; reinterred in North <a href="/wiki/Gundagai" title="Gundagai">Gundagai</a> Anglican cemetery)<sup id="cite_ref-Smalltown_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smalltown-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Scott" title="Rose Scott">Rose Scott</a> (1847–1925), feminist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achille_Simonetti_(sculptor)" title="Achille Simonetti (sculptor)">Achille Simonetti</a> (1838–1890), sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Slessor" title="Kenneth Slessor">Kenneth Slessor</a> (1901–1971), poet</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Richard_Been_Stannard" title="Richard Been Stannard">Richard Been Stannard</a> (1902–1977), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a>, recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded in Norway campaign, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (cremated)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei_Quong_Tart" title="Mei Quong Tart">Mei Quong Tart</a> (1850–1903), Sydney merchant and restaurateur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Toohey_(New_South_Wales_politician)" title="James Toohey (New South Wales politician)">James Toohey</a> (1850–1895), brewer<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/John_Woods_Whittle" class="mw-redirect" title="John Woods Whittle">John Woods Whittle</a> (1882–1946), recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_graves">War graves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: War graves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As at May 2020, Rookwood Necropolis contains the graves of a total 704 Commonwealth service personnel that are registered by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a>, 435 from <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and 274 from <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, besides three Dutch war graves.<sup id="cite_ref-cwgc1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwgc1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission also erected a memorial to 132 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II who were cremated at Rookwood Crematorium and whose ashes remain here.<sup id="cite_ref-cwgc2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwgc2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Navy">Japanese Imperial Navy</a> crewmen of <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Midget submarines">midget submarines</a> M-14 and M-21 who died in the World War II <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour" title="Attack on Sydney Harbour">Attack on Sydney Harbour</a> during 31 May–8 June 1942 were cremated with naval honours at Rookwood Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ashes were returned to Japan later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sydney_War_Cemetery">Sydney War Cemetery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sydney War Cemetery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within the grounds of Rookwood Cemetery is enclosed the CWGC's <b>Sydney War Cemetery</b>, whose entrance is on the west side on the necropolis railway. It was established in 1942 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> for service personnel and there are now 732 buried or commemorated by name here. Most of those buried here died at the Concord Military Hospital in Sydney. The British war graves within the cemetery are of servicemen who died as prisoners of war in Japanese hands and had been cremated; after the war, their ashes were brought to Sydney and buried here. Here is also buried a civilian employee of the Admiralty and there is one French war grave.<sup id="cite_ref-cwgc4_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwgc4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the entrance building is the New South Wales Cremation Memorial, which commemorates 199 service personnel of World War II who were cremated within the state of New South Wales and whose ashes were subsequently scattered or buried at places where commemoration by a CWGC memorial was not possible.<sup id="cite_ref-cwgc4_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwgc4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the cemetery stands the Sydney Memorial to almost 750 personnel of the Australian Army, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merchant_navy#Australian_Merchant_Navy" title="Merchant navy">Australian Merchant Navy</a> who died in World War II in the eastern and southern regions of Australia and waters south of 20 degrees Latitude who have no known grave.<sup id="cite_ref-cwgc4_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwgc4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chapels">Chapels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chapels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="St Michael the Archangel Catholic Chapel"><img alt="St Michael the Archangel Catholic Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Anglican_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St Michael the Archangel Catholic Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Anglican "All Souls" Chapel"><img alt="Anglican "All Souls" Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Anglican_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Anglican "All Souls" Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mausoleum of the Resurrection Catholic Chapel"><img alt="Mausoleum of the Resurrection Catholic Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Catholic_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mausoleum of the Resurrection Catholic Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Mary,_Mother_of_Mercy_Chapel.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mary, Mother of Mercy Catholic Chapel"><img alt="Mary, Mother of Mercy Catholic Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rookwood_Mary%2C_Mother_of_Mercy_Chapel.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Mary%2C_Mother_of_Mercy_Chapel.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rookwood_Mary%2C_Mother_of_Mercy_Chapel.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Mary%2C_Mother_of_Mercy_Chapel.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mary, Mother of Mercy Catholic Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sacred Heart Chapel Catholic Chapel"><img alt="Sacred Heart Chapel Catholic Chapel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Sacred_Heart_Chapel.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sacred Heart Chapel Catholic Chapel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Greek_Orthodox_Church.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="St Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church"><img alt="St Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Rookwood_Greek_Orthodox_Church.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Greek_Orthodox_Church.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Rookwood_Greek_Orthodox_Church.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Greek_Orthodox_Church.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Chinese_Temple.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Chinese Temple"><img alt="Chinese Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Rookwood_Chinese_Temple.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Chinese_Temple.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Rookwood_Chinese_Temple.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Chinese_Temple.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chinese Temple</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Rookwood Islamic Monument"><img alt="Rookwood Islamic Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Islamic_Monument.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rookwood Islamic Monument</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monuments_and_memorials">Monuments and memorials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Monuments and memorials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Quong Sin Tong Shrine"><img alt="Quong Sin Tong Shrine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rookwood_1.JPG/90px-Rookwood_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rookwood_1.JPG/135px-Rookwood_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rookwood_1.JPG/180px-Rookwood_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Quong Sin Tong Shrine</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Armenian_Memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Memorial"><img alt="Armenian Memorial" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rookwood_Armenian_Memorial.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Armenian_Memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rookwood_Armenian_Memorial.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Armenian_Memorial.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armenian Memorial</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Russian_Orthodox_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Russian Memorial"><img alt="Russian Memorial" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rookwood_Russian_Orthodox_Memorial.jpg/120px-Rookwood_Russian_Orthodox_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="67" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rookwood_Russian_Orthodox_Memorial.jpg/250px-Rookwood_Russian_Orthodox_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2988" data-file-height="5312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Russian Memorial</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ukrainian Catholic Priest Vault"><img alt="Ukrainian Catholic Priest Vault" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg/90px-Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg/135px-Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg/180px-Rookwood_Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ukrainian Catholic Priest Vault</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Cemetery_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Crown of Thorns Altar"><img alt="Crown of Thorns Altar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rookwood_Cemetery_1.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Cemetery_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rookwood_Cemetery_1.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Cemetery_1.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Crown of Thorns Altar</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Cemetery_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jewish Memorial"><img alt="Jewish Memorial" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_2.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_2.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Garden of Remembrance</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Garden of Remembrance"><img alt="Garden of Remembrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_4.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_4.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_4.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Garden_of_Remembrance_4.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Garden of Remembrance</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Graves_and_mausoleums">Graves and mausoleums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Graves and mausoleums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_agaves.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Graves overgrown with Agave americana, Araucaria spp. in background"><img alt="Graves overgrown with Agave americana, Araucaria spp. in background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Rookwood_agaves.jpg/120px-Rookwood_agaves.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Rookwood_agaves.jpg/180px-Rookwood_agaves.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Rookwood_agaves.jpg/240px-Rookwood_agaves.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Graves overgrown with <i><a href="/wiki/Agave_americana" title="Agave americana">Agave americana</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Araucaria" title="Araucaria">Araucaria</a> spp. in background</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sandstone memorial"><img alt="Sandstone memorial" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rookwood_3.JPG/120px-Rookwood_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rookwood_3.JPG/250px-Rookwood_3.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sandstone memorial</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Cemetery_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sandstone monuments"><img alt="Sandstone monuments" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rookwood_Cemetery_3.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Cemetery_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rookwood_Cemetery_3.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Cemetery_3.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sandstone monuments</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Family_Vault_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Family Vault"><img alt="Family Vault" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Rookwood_Family_Vault_2.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Rookwood_Family_Vault_2.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_2.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Family Vault</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="John Paul Family Vault"><img alt="John Paul Family Vault" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">John Paul Family Vault</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Frazer Mausoleum"><img alt="Frazer Mausoleum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG/90px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG/135px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Family_Vault_3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Frazer Mausoleum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grave_of_Jack_Lang,_Rookwood_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grave of Premier of NSW Jack Lang"><img alt="Grave of Premier of NSW Jack Lang" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg/120px-Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg/180px-Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg/240px-Grave_of_Jack_Lang%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grave of <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of NSW</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lang_(Australian_politician)" title="Jack Lang (Australian politician)">Jack Lang</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Cahill_Grave,_Rookwood_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Family grave of NSW Premier, Joseph Cahill"><img alt="Family grave of NSW Premier, Joseph Cahill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Joseph_Cahill_Grave%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg/120px-Joseph_Cahill_Grave%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Joseph_Cahill_Grave%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg/250px-Joseph_Cahill_Grave%2C_Rookwood_2016.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Family grave of NSW Premier, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cahill" title="Joseph Cahill">Joseph Cahill</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery,_Sydney,_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frazer Mausoleum"><img alt="Frazer Mausoleum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg/120px-Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg/180px-Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg/240px-Frazer_Mausoleum_in_Rookwood_Cemetery%2C_Sydney%2C_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Frazer Mausoleum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Cemetery_Girl_Statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A small statue near a grave."><img alt="A small statue near a grave." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Rookwood_Cemetery_Girl_Statue.jpg/120px-Rookwood_Cemetery_Girl_Statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Rookwood_Cemetery_Girl_Statue.jpg/250px-Rookwood_Cemetery_Girl_Statue.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A small statue near a grave.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buildings">Buildings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Crematorium.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Rookwood Memorial Gardens Crematorium"><img alt="The Rookwood Memorial Gardens Crematorium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rookwood_Crematorium.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Crematorium.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rookwood_Crematorium.JPG/250px-Rookwood_Crematorium.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Rookwood Memorial Gardens Crematorium</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Independent Office"><img alt="Independent Office" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG/120px-Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG/180px-Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG/240px-Rookwood_Cemetery_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Independent Office</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rookwood_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Elephant House"><img alt="Elephant House" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rookwood_2.JPG/120px-Rookwood_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rookwood_2.JPG/180px-Rookwood_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rookwood_2.JPG/240px-Rookwood_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Elephant House</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 November</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+South+Wales+State+Heritage+Register&rft.atitle=Rookwood+Cemetery+and+Necropolis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au%2FApp%2FItem%2FViewItem%3FitemId%3D5045470&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CC_BY_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CC_BY_icon.svg/50px-CC_BY_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CC_BY_icon.svg/75px-CC_BY_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/CC_BY_icon.svg/100px-CC_BY_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="88" data-file-height="31" /></a></span> Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/help/copyright-disclaimer.htm">licence</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140808125401/http://www.lpma.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/180631/Draft_Rookwood_Plan_of_Management_display_final_version_for_display_1_March_to_12_April_2013.PDF">"Rookwood Necropolis Draft Plan of Management"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. NSW Department of Primary Industry. March 2013. p. 23. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lpma.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/180631/Draft_Rookwood_Plan_of_Management_display_final_version_for_display_1_March_to_12_April_2013.PDF">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 8 August 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rookwood+Necropolis+Draft+Plan+of+Management&rft.pages=23&rft.pub=NSW+Department+of+Primary+Industry&rft.date=2013-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lpma.nsw.gov.au%2F__data%2Fassets%2Fpdf_file%2F0019%2F180631%2FDraft_Rookwood_Plan_of_Management_display_final_version_for_display_1_March_to_12_April_2013.PDF&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLewis,_Wendy2017" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Lewis" title="Wendy Lewis">Lewis, Wendy</a> (2017). <i>Celebrating 150 years of Rookwood Catholic cemetery</i>. Captain Honey. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0646972893" title="Special:BookSources/978-0646972893"><bdi>978-0646972893</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Celebrating+150+years+of+Rookwood+Catholic+cemetery&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Captain+Honey&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0646972893&rft.au=Lewis%2C+Wendy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMurray2016" class="citation book cs1">Murray, Lisa (2016). <i>Sydney Cemeteries: A Field Guide</i>. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. pp. <span class="nowrap">14–</span>15, <span class="nowrap">50–</span>54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1742234489" title="Special:BookSources/978-1742234489"><bdi>978-1742234489</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sydney+Cemeteries%3A+A+Field+Guide&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E14-%3C%2Fspan%3E15%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E50-%3C%2Fspan%3E54&rft.pub=NewSouth+Publishing&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1742234489&rft.aulast=Murray&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFNew_South_Wales_Legislation1867" class="citation cs2">New South Wales Legislation (23 December 1867), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1867-14a.pdf"><i>The Necropolis Act of 1867</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2019</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Necropolis+Act+of+1867&rft.date=1867-12-23&rft.au=New+South+Wales+Legislation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flegislation.nsw.gov.au%2Facts%2F1867-14a.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWeston1989" class="citation book cs1">Weston, David A. (1989). <i>The Sleeping City: The Story of Rookwood Necropolis</i>. Sydney: Society of Australian Genealogists and Hale & Iremonger. p. 15. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0868064904" title="Special:BookSources/0868064904"><bdi>0868064904</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Sleeping+City%3A+The+Story+of+Rookwood+Necropolis&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pages=15&rft.pub=Society+of+Australian+Genealogists+and+Hale+%26+Iremonger&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0868064904&rft.aulast=Weston&rft.aufirst=David+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-station_names-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-station_names_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-station_names_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, <i>How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins...</i>, Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friends of Rookwood (2002) A Rookwood Ramble (book). A short self guided walking tour, NSW.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ochert, M.S. (1998) The Mortuary Station to Rookwood in Locality, 9 (2) pp. 23–26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907063311/http://www.allsaintsainslie.org.au/heritage.htm">"All Saints Church information"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allsaintsainslie.org.au/heritage.htm">the original</a> on 7 September 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=All+Saints+Church+information&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allsaintsainslie.org.au%2Fheritage.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080103111803/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0732266378">"Crook As Rookwood by Chris Nyst from HarperCollins Publishers Australia"</a>. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Crook+As+Rookwood+by+Chris+Nyst+from+HarperCollins+Publishers+Australia&rft.date=2008-01-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harpercollins.com.au%2Fglobal_scripts%2Fproduct_catalog%2Fbook_xml.asp%3Fisbn%3D0732266378&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smalltown-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smalltown_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHeydon2006" class="citation web cs1">Heydon, Ian (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060820132217/http://www.smallguide.com.au/story1.html">"There's A Track Winding Back – Growing up in Gundagai"</a>. <i>Australian Travel Stories</i>. The Small Guide to a Big Country. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smallguide.com.au/story1.html">the original</a> on 20 August 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Travel+Stories&rft.atitle=There%27s+A+Track+Winding+Back+%E2%80%93+Growing+up+in+Gundagai&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Heydon&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smallguide.com.au%2Fstory1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Sydney Magazine", <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i>, 28 February 1908, p. 72</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cwgc1-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cwgc1_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2022914/ROOKWOOD%20NECROPOLIS,%20SYDNEY">Rookwod Necropolis, Sydney</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081022/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2022914/ROOKWOOD%20NECROPOLIS,%20SYDNEY">Archived</a> 2 April 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CWGC Cemetery Report, Rookwood Necropolis.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cwgc2-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cwgc2_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2090611/ROOKWOOD%20CREMATORIUM,%20SYDNEY">Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151109153020/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2090611/ROOKWOOD%20CREMATORIUM,%20SYDNEY">Archived</a> 9 November 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CWGC Cemetery Report, Rookwood Crematorium.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGill1968" class="citation book cs1">Gill, George Hermon (1968). <i>Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 2, Volume II: Royal Australian Navy 1942–1945</i>. Australian War Memorial. p. 72. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002174804" title="Special:BookSources/0002174804"><bdi>0002174804</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Australia+in+the+War+of+1939%E2%80%931945%2C+Series+2%2C+Volume+II%3A+Royal+Australian+Navy+1942%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=72&rft.pub=Australian+War+Memorial&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0002174804&rft.aulast=Gill&rft.aufirst=George+Hermon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARookwood+Cemetery" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJenkins1992" class="citation book cs1">Jenkins, David (1992). <i>Battle Surface! Japan's Submarine War Against Australia, 1942–44</i>. 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class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2105900/SYDNEY%20WAR%20CEMETERY">Sydney War Cemetery </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170402080929/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2105900/SYDNEY%20WAR%20CEMETERY">Archived</a> 2 April 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CWGC Cemetery Report, Sydney War Cemetery.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rookwood_Cemetery&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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