List of cemeteries in Australia

This is a list of cemeteries in Australia.

Australian Capital Territory[]

Australian island territories[]

Cocos (Keeling) Islands[]

Christmas Island[]

Christmas Island Cemetery

Norfolk Island[]

Norfolk Island Cemetery, Kingston

New South Wales[]

Blue Mountains[]

- Blackheath
- Faulconbridge
- Katoomba
- Kurrajong
- Lawson
- Megalong Valley
- Mount Irvine
- Mount Victoria
- Mount Wilson
- Wentworth Falls

Central Coast[]

- Bradys Gully
- Catherine Hill Bay
- Cooranbong
- Frosts Rest
- Helys Grave
- Jilliby
- Kincumber South
- Kincumber - St Pauls
- Lisarow
- Martinsville
- Morisset
- Point Clare
- Point Frederick
- Ronkana
- Veteran Hall
- Wamberal
- Woongarrah
- Wyee
- Wyee Bethshan

Greater West[]

- Bowenfels
- South Bowenfels
- Moyne Farm, Lithgow

Macarthur Region[]

- Camden
- Greendale Anglican
- Greendale Catholic
- Mulgoa
- Picton

Sydney[]

- Badgerys Creek - 2 cleared
- Balmain Cemetery
- Balmain Catholic Cemetery
- Botany, Pioneer Memorial Park
- Brooklyn Cemetery
- Camperdown Cemetery
- Crows Nest, St Thomas Rest Park
- Devonshire Street Cemetery
- Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, (Sydney) - Incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
- Field of Mars Cemetery, (Sydney) - Located in Ryde, it was proclaimed on 3 December 1887 and opened for burials in 1890. Famous interments include: H. H. Calvert (artist) and Rita Hunter (opera singer).
- Gordon - St Johns Anglican Church and Cemetery
- Gore Hill cemetery, (Sydney) - Operated from 1864 to 1974.
- Little Bay, Coast Hospital Cemetery
- Liverpool
- Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium - Located in North Ryde, New South Wales
- Matraville, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
- North Parramatta, St Patrick's Cemetery, North Parramatta - Oldest Catholic cemetery in Australia (1824)
- Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens - North Ryde, New South Wales
- Old Sydney Burial Ground
- Parramatta, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta - Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery (1790)
- Petersham Cemetery
- Pine Grove Memorial Park, Western Sydney
- Randwick, St Jude's Anglican Cemetery
- Richmond
- Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km², reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
- Ryde - St Annes
- South Coogee, Randwick General Cemetery
- St Peters, St_Peters_Church,_St_Peters and cemetery
- Vaucluse, South Head General Cemetery
- Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - Opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
- Windsor

Southern Highlands (New South Wales)[]

- Goulburn
  - Old Goulburn
  - Jewish
- Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
- Marulan Anglican
- Marulan Catholic
- Michelago Cemetery
- Penrose
- Queanbeyan Lawn Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery, Queanbeyan
- Taralga
- Welby

Wagga Wagga War Cemetery

Northern Territory[]

Adelaide River War Cemetery

Alice Springs[]

Alice Springs Cemetery
Alice Springs Pioneer Cemetery or Stuart Town Cemetery

Darwin[]

Darwin Chinese Memorial Cemetery
Darwin General Cemetery
Darwin Pioneer Cemetery (1865–1919)
Gardens Cemetery
Thorak Regional Cemetery

Queensland[]

Brisbane City[]

Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane—also known as Bulimba Cemetery and (historically) Kangaroo Point Cemetery
First Brisbane Burial Ground, also known as the Skew Street Cemetery
Francis Lookout, a private cemetery at Corinda
God's Acre Cemetery, Archerfield
Lutwyche Cemetery
Mount Thompson Crematorium, Queensland's first crematorium
North Brisbane Burial Ground, also known as Paddington Cemetery, Milton Cemetery, now redeveloped as Lang Park
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium
Nundah Cemetery - Formerly known as German Station Cemetery
Pinnaroo Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane
South Brisbane Cemetery - also known as Dutton Park Cemetery
St Matthews Anglican Church, Grovely
The Gap Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church Cemetery & Columbarium Wall, The Gap
Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest existing and largest Brisbane cemetery. Opened in 1875. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.

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[]

Alberton Cemetery, Alberton (Closed)
Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena — Opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.
Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham^[1]
Dudley Park Cemetery, Dudley Park
Enfield Memorial Park, Clearview^[2]
North Brighton Cemetery, Somerton Park
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth
Payneham Cemetery, Payneham South
Smithfield Memorial Park, Evanston South
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide — South Australia's oldest public cemetery.
Willaston General Cemetery

Tasmania[]

Cambridge Cemetery
Cornelian Bay Cemetery
East Risdon Cemetery
Isle of the Dead - Port Arthur, early convict graves, part of the old gaol and convict reform settlement.
Kingston Cemetery
Mornington Memorial Gardens
Penguin General Cemetery
Pontville Cemetery
Queenborough Cemetery - headstones relocated to Queenborough Memorial Garden and Cornelian Bay Cemetery

Victoria[]

Metropolitan Melbourne cemeteries[]

Altona Memorial Park
Andersons Creek Cemetery
Boroondara General Cemetery
Box Hill Cemetery
Brighton Cemetery
Bunurong Memorial Park
Burwood Cemetery
Cheltenham Memorial Park
Cheltenham Pioneer’s Cemetery
Coburg Cemetery
Eltham Cemetery
Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park
Frankston Memorial Park
Greensborough Cemetery
Lilydale Memorial Park
Melbourne General Cemetery
Mornington Cemetery
Northcote Cemetery
Old Melbourne Cemetery
Rye Cemetery and Memorial Gardens
Sorrento Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery
St Andrew's Graveyard, Brighton
St Kilda Cemetery
Templestowe Cemetery
Warringal Cemetery
Will Will Rook Cemetery

Country Victorian cemeteries[]

Aberfeldy Cemetery
Ararat General Cemetery
Bacchus Marsh -
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

Western Australia[]

East Perth Cemeteries
Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) - Opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth
Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia
Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) - Opened in 1899 north of the Swan River and closest to the Perth city centre.
Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery, in the City of Gosnells
Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia)
Mundaring Cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
Midland Cemetery
Parkerville Children's Home bush cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
Wooroloo Sanatorium and cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring

References[]

^ "CEMETERY FOR PORT ADELAIDE". The Express and Telegraph. XI (3, 273). South Australia. 2 October 1874. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Enfield Memorial Park | Adelaide Cemeteries Authority".

External links[]

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

[1] "CEMETERY FOR PORT ADELAIDE". The Express and Telegraph. XI (3, 273). South Australia. 2 October 1874. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Enfield Memorial Park | Adelaide Cemeteries Authority".

[1]

[2]