Rookwood
Rookwood is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia located 14 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Cumberland Council.- Type: Locality with 3 residents
- Description: suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Rookwood, New South Wales” and “Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rookwood Cemetery and Cemetery Station No. 2 railway station.
Rookwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Station No. 2 railway station
Station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cemetery Station No. 2 was a railway station on Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery railway line. It served the Rookwood Cemetery.
Cemetery Station No. 1 railway station
Ruins
Photo: John Dalton, Public domain.
The Cemetery Station No. 1 was a railway station situated on the Rookwood Cemetery railway line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Operating from 1867 to 1948, it primarily served the Rookwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Strathfield and Sydney Olympic Park.
North Strathfield
Suburb
North Strathfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Strathfield is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay. Strathfield and Strathfield South are separate suburbs, to the south. North Strathfield is situated 3½ km northeast of Rookwood.
Sydney Olympic Park
Photo: Adam.J.W.C, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sydney Olympic Park is an area 15 km west of Sydney CBD. It is on the western reaches of Sydney Harbour, and was the home of the 2000 Olympic Games. The Sydney Olympic Park area, together with the surrounding areas on the Parramatta River including the…
South West
Southwestern Sydney is a large residential area to the south and west of Sydney, including the centres of Cabramatta and Liverpool. The district also covers the Canterbury-Bankstown area, but not the Macarthur suburbs.
Rookwood
- Category: suburb
- Location: Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.8737° or 33° 52′ 25″ southLongitude
151.0553° or 151° 3′ 19″ eastPopulation
3Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU RKWOpen location code
4RRH43G4+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3816438258OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Wu Chinese—“Rookwood” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rookwood”
- Chinese: “魯克伍德”
- French: “Rookwood”
- Irish: “Rookwood”
- Japanese: “ルークウッド (ニューサウスウェールズ州)”
- Persian: “روکوود”
- Romanian: “Rookwood, Sydney”
- Romanian: “Rookwood”
- Slovenian: “Rookwood, New South Wales”
- Wu Chinese: “鲁克伍德（新南威尔士）”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include All Souls Chapel and Cemetery Station No. 1.
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