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Welcome to Rookwood

Rookwood Necropolis is Crown Land which means that it is owned by the State government. The responsibility of managing all of the land and all structures thereon, is vested in nine separate administrations. Each cemetery Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees, who is nominated by the Minister of Lands.

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Rookwood Anglican and General Cemetery Trust Grave Search

Membership is completely FREE, and in addition to searching our online records, you can also download cemetery forms and request a book for Reflections at Rookwood Cafe and the All Souls Chapel.

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New Burial Sections

Due to an increasing demand for lawn burials, the Anglican and General Cemetery Trust has recently made three new burial sections available to the public.

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Rookwoods History

In 1792 the main burial ground for the colony was established on a site which is now occupied by the Sydney Town Hall and St Andrew’s Cathedral, until it became full and a new cemetery was established near the brick-fields, known as the Sandhills or Devonshire Street cemetery. However, by the 1840’s, this too began to run out of space and so the search began for another, much larger site for a cemetery.

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ARTISTS

AUDIO NO TITLE OF AUDIO/WORK ARTIST
1 INTRODUCTION DAVID CAPRA
2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DANIEL KOJTA
3 IN EXITU ISRAEL DE AEGYPTO TOM ISAACS
4 MINGLE LISA MASTORAS & IOULIA TERIZIS
5 TEMP/RES MARKER 2010: 1878-1942 MARK BROWN
6 AND WE LAUGHED JOAN ROSS
7 OKAY TOM POLO
8 MOCK MOUNTAIN MARILYN SCHNEIDER
9 LIES HERE JAMIE NORTH
10 RUBBER EYES PRISCILLA BOURNE
11 CATHARSIS, TRAGEDY AND RESTORATION ANNETTE TZAVARAS
12 WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND HEIDI AXELSEN
13 NINE LIVES KAT SMOLYNEC
14 I LIVE IN A CEMETERY JASON WING
15 REFLECTION KYLIE BOWLES
16 FOREVER, MICHAEL GISELLE STANBOROUGH
17 ROOKWOOD STUDY CHANTELLE LAU, VAUGHAN O'CONNOR & VINCENT O'CONNOR
18 SUGAR JODIE WHALEN
19 TEA TIME RESURRECTION ALLI SEBASTIAN WOLF
20 LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS LINDA BRESCIA
21 REFLECTION POINT AARON JAMES MCGARRY
22 "A GOOD JOB WELL DONE, DEAR" EMMA WISE
23 FAREWELL DAVID CAPRA


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