Cemetery Maintenance

Maintenance Regime Seasonal Cuttings

The Anglican and General Cemetery Trusts carry out a maintenance regime in accordance with the governing structures that covers Rookwood Cemetery, incorporating the Threatened Species Conservation Act that also covers our cemetery. Unfortunately the government controls the Trust prices for graves and until 1989 the Trust did not sell graves at a price that allowed for future maintenance.  The families were responsible for the grave care as well as the monument because there were no additional charges at the time of the grave purchase to allow for future maintenance of these old graves.  We now know this was not practical, as time passed people no longer visited their family’s grave in many circumstances. 

The Trust does endeavour to keep the older areas looking presentable and accessible but we have been restricted by the growth patterns of indigenous species. These patterns allow the native and introduced bulbs, sedges, orchids and native grasses to flower and set seed, thus ensuring survival of the plant communities at Rookwood.
 

Who owns it? Who mows it?

PRIME REAL ESTATE IN THE DEAD CENTRE OF TOWN – WHO OWNS IT? WHO MOWS IT? 

Annual Care Program

In addition to the normal maintenance of the cemetery grounds, the Anglican and General Cemetery Trusts have a program in place where people can subscribe to have their graves in monumental sections of the cemetery looked after on a monthly basis.