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

Heard Island

historic sealers cemetery

Macquarie Island

Isolated burials

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

- Maitland Jewish Cemetery
- Sandgate Cemetery

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

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) – 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

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
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery

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

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

South Australia

Adelaide Cemeteries Authority^[1]
- Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham^[2]
- Enfield Memorial Park, Clearview
- Smithfield Memorial Park, Evanston South
- West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide — South Australia's oldest public cemetery.
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
Mitcham Cemetery (General, Anglican and St Joseph's),Mitcham
Moonta Cemetery, Moonta
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

Altona Memorial Park
Andersons Creek Cemetery
Boroondara General Cemetery
Box Hill Cemetery
Brighton Cemetery
Bunurong Memorial Park
Burwood Cemetery
Cheltenham Memorial Park
Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery
Coburg Cemetery
Dandenong Community Cemetery
Eltham Cemetery
Emerald Cemetery
Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park
Footscray General Cemetery
Frankston Memorial Park
Greensborough Cemetery
Hawdon Street Cemetery
Healesville Cemetery
Keilor Cemetery
Lilydale Lawn Cemetery
Lilydale Memorial Park
Melbourne General Cemetery
Mornington Cemetery
Northcote Cemetery
Northern Memorial Park
Oakleigh Pioneer Memorial Park
Old Melbourne Cemetery
Preston Cemetery
Rye Cemetery and Memorial Gardens
Scots Uniting Church Graveyard, Campbellfield
Sorrento Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery
St Andrew's Graveyard, Brighton
St Kilda Cemetery
St Katherine's Graveyard, St Helena
Templestowe Cemetery
Truganina Cemetery
Warringal Cemetery
Werribee Cemetery
Will Will Rook Cemetery
Williamstown Cemetery
Yarra Glen 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
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

References

^ Adelaide Cemeteries Authority
^ "Cemetery for Port Adelaide". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XI, no. 3, 273. South Australia. 2 October 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Mount Crawford Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
^ Mount Gambier Pioneer Park, SA Heritage Places
^ Lake Terrace Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
^ St Mary's Anglican Church, Graveyard & Gates, SA Heritage Places
^ St Michael's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, SA Heritage Places
^ "Find Us". Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

External links

The following links provide basic information on thousands of Australian cemeteries:

[1] Adelaide Cemeteries Authority

[2] "Cemetery for Port Adelaide". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XI, no. 3, 273. South Australia. 2 October 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] Mount Crawford Cemetery, SA Heritage Places

[4] Mount Gambier Pioneer Park, SA Heritage Places

[5] Lake Terrace Cemetery, SA Heritage Places

[6] St Mary's Anglican Church, Graveyard & Gates, SA Heritage Places

[7] St Michael's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, SA Heritage Places

[8] "Find Us". Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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