Rookwood Cemetery
Rookwood Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in Rookwood, Sydney, Australia. It is the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere and is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian era.
- Cemetery
- …lies at an elevation of 26 metres (85 feet)
- …dates from 1868
- Description: cemetery in Sydney, Australia
- Also known as“New South Wales Garden of Remembrance”“Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Trust”“Rookwood General Cemetery”“Rookwood Necropolis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cemetery Station No. 2 railway station and Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station.
Cemetery Station No. 2 railway station
Station
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Cemetery Station No. 2 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. Cemetery Station No. 2 railway station is situated 320 metres west of Rookwood Cemetery.
Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station
Ruins
John Dalton, Public domain.
The Cemetery Station No. 1 was a railway station… Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station is situated 750 metres northwest of Rookwood Cemetery.
Cemetery Station No. 3 railway station
Station
Cemetery Station No. 3 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. Cemetery Station No. 3 railway station is situated 460 metres southwest of Rookwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Strathfield and Auburn.
North Strathfield
Suburb
North Strathfield is a suburb in the inner-west… North Strathfield is situated 3½ km northeast of Rookwood Cemetery.
Auburn
Suburb
Auburn is a Western Sydney suburb in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Auburn is situated 3½ km northwest of Rookwood Cemetery.
Rookwood Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location
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Latitude
-33.87523° or 33° 52′ 31″ south
Longitude
151.05588° or 151° 3′ 21″ east
Open location code
4RRH43F4+W9
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Rookwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Могілкі Роквуд”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Руквуд”
- Belarusian: “Роквуд”
- Belarusian: “Руквуд (могілкі)”
- Belarusian: “Руквуд”
- Belarusian: “Руквудзкія могілкі”
- Chinese: “六福墳場”
- Chinese: “洛克伍德墓園”
- Danish: “Rookwood Necropolis”
- Dutch: “Rookwood Cemetery”
- Estonian: “Rookwoodi kalmistu”
- French: “cimetière de Rookwood”
- French: “Cimetière de Rookwood”
- Hausa: “Kabari na Rookwood”
- Italian: “cimitero di Rookwood”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Rookwood”
- Japanese: “ルックウッド・セメタリー”
- Polish: “cmentarz Rookwood w Sydney”
- Polish: “cmentarz Rookwood”
- Russian: “Руквуд”
- Russian: “Руквудское кладбище”
- Spanish: “Cementerio Rookwood”
- Swedish: “Rookwood Necropolis”
- Ukrainian: “Кладовище Руквуд”
- Ukrainian: “Руквуд”
- Ukrainian: “Руквудський Цвинтар”
- Ukrainian: “Цвинтар «Руквуд»”
- Ukrainian: “Цвинтар Руквуд”
- Welsh: “Rookwood Necropolis”
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