List of cemeteries in Australia

This is a list of cemeteries in Australia.

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Australian Capital Territory

Balmain Cemetery
Camperdown Cemetery
Devonshire Street Cemetery
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, (Sydney) - Incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
Field of Mars Cemetery, (Sydney) - Located in Ryde, it was proclaimed on 3 December 1887 and opened for burials in 1890. Famous interments include: H. H. Calvert (artist) and Rita Hunter (opera singer).
Gore Hill cemetery, (Sydney) - Operated from 1864 to 1974.
Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemetery
Macquarie Park Cemetery, (Sydney) - Located in North Ryde, New South Wales.
Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney
Old Sydney Burial Ground
Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km², reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
St Peters Church, St Peters
St Thomas Rest Park
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery
Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - Opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.

Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane—also 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
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 - Formerly known as German Station Cemetery
Pinnaroo Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane
South Brisbane Cemetery - 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 - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest existing and largest Brisbane cemetery. Opened in 1875. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.

Alberton Cemetery, Alberton (Closed)
Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena - Opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.
Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham
Dudley Park Cemetery, Dudley Park
Enfield Memorial Park, Enfield
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth
Payneham Cemetery, Payneham South
Smithfield Memorial Park, Evanston South
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide - South Australia's oldest public cemetery.

Penguin General Cemetery
Isle of the Dead - Port Arthur, early convict graves, part of the old gaol and convict reform settlement.

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