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
Norfolk Island
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 â 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
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
- Camden
- Greendale Anglican
- Greendale Catholic
- Mulgoa
- Picton
Sydney
- Badgerys Creek â 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 â Incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
- Field of Mars Cemetery â Ryde, it was proclaimed on 3 December 1887 and opened for burials in 1890. Famous interments include: Herbert Hepburn Calvert (artist) and Rita Hunter (opera singer).
- Gordon â St Johns Anglican Church and Cemetery
- Gore Hill, Gore Hill Cemetery â Operated from 1864 to 1974.
- Little Bay, Coast Hospital Cemetery
- Liverpool
- Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium â North Ryde
- Matraville, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
- North Parramatta, St Patrick's Cemetery, North Parramatta â Oldest Catholic cemetery in Australia (1824)
- Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens â North Ryde
- Old Sydney Burial Ground
- Parramatta, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta â Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery (1790)
- Petersham Cemetery
- Pine Grove Memorial Park
- Randwick, St Jude's Anglican Cemetery
- Richmond
- Rookwood Cemetery, â Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km<sup>2</sup>, reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
- Ryde â St Annes
- South Coogee, Randwick General Cemetery
- St Peters, St Peters Church, St Peters and cemetery
- Vaucluse, South Head Cemetery
- Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) â Opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
- Windsor
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 (1865âÂÂ1919)
- Gardens Cemetery
- Thorak Regional Cemetery
Queensland
Brisbane City
- Balmoral Cemetery, BrisbaneâÂÂalso 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 â Formerly known as German Station Cemetery
- Pinnaroo Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane
- South Brisbane Cemetery â 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 â 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
Redland City
Toowoomba Region
Whitsunday Region
Others
- Cooktown Cemetery, Shire of Cook
- Cressbrook Cemetery, Evelyn, Tablelands Region
- Garners Beach Burial Ground, Cassowary Coast Region
- Gympie Cemetery, Gympie Region
- Ipswich General Cemetery, City of Ipswich
- Joskeleigh Cemetery, Joskeleigh, Shire of Livingstone
- Mackay General Cemetery, Mackay Region
- Maryborough Cemetery, Fraser Coast Region
- McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery, Cairns, Cairns Region
- Mill Point Cemetery, Shire of Noosa
- St Patrick's Church, Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region
- South Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton Region
- Thursday Island Cemetery, Shire of Torres
- Warwick General Cemetery, Southern Downs Region
- West End Cemetery, Townsville, City of Townsville
South Australia
- Adelaide Cemeteries Authority
- Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham
- Enfield Memorial Park, Clearview
- Smithfield Memorial Park, Evanston South
- West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide â South Australia's oldest public cemetery.
- Alberton Cemetery, Alberton (Closed)
- Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena â 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
- Mount Gambier
- Pioneer Park Cemetery
- Lake Terrace Cemetery
- 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
- St Michael's Lutheran Church & Cemetery, Hahndorf
- Willaston General Cemetery, Willaston
Tasmania
- Cambridge Cemetery
- Cornelian Bay Cemetery
- East Risdon Cemetery
- Isle of the Dead â 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 â headstones relocated to Queenborough Memorial Garden and Cornelian Bay Cemetery
Victoria
Metropolitan Melbourne cemeteries
Country Victorian cemeteries
Western Australia
- East Perth Cemeteries
- Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) â Opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth
- Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia
- Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) â 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 â 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
- Wooroloo Sanatorium and cemetery, in the Shire of Mundaring
References
External links
The following links provide basic information on thousands of Australian cemeteries: