The Waverley Cemetery, The self funded and iconic graveyard in Sydney
The Waverley Cemetery, The self funded and iconic graveyard in Sydney
The Waverley Cemetery is located on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. The first interment occurred on 4 August 1877 and noted for its largely intact Victorian and Edwardian monuments. The size of 41 acres bounded by Trafalgar, Boundary and St Thomas streets. The cemetery is self-funded, deriving its income from interments – including burial, cremation, memorials and mausolea – of which there has been over 86,000. It contains the graves of many significant Australians including the poet Henry Lawson, Jules Archibald, founder of The Bulletin and benefactor of the Archibald Prize, nineteenth century poet Henry Kendall, the American actor William E. Sheridan, poet and author Dorothea Mackellar and author Ethel Pedley.
More than 137 years of operation remains a 100% self funded and with inspiration drawn from the reform movements occurring in London and Paris. It has never been funded by the public purse or council ratepayers, with individual graves maintained for a fee. The cemetery was a location in filming of the movie The Pyjama Girl Case in 1977, Spyforce in 1972, and in 1979 the cemetery was a location in filming of the movie Tim starring Mel Gibson. The cemetery has also been used for TV shows such as an Australian long-length episode of Baywatch and the Australian television series Home and Away. It was also used for filming of the movies Dirty Deeds and Bollywood Blockbuster Dil Chahta Hai.
This is one of Ken Unsworth's 'skeleton cyclist on a pole' variations for Sculptures by the Sea, titled 'there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip'. In daylight, the skeleton is white and the stash is in a big red bag. The background is Bronte Park and left (and out) of picture is Waverley cemetery.
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Sydney Australia - Waverley Cemetery
Beautiful cemetery in front of the sea, perfect for relax and know...
10 minutes walk from Bondi Beach close.
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Sydney, Waverly cemetery....
A beautiful place to visit , by the ocean.
EXPLORING SYDNEY'S OLDEST CEMETERY - ROOKWOOD, AUSTRALIA
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's go for a walk around Sydney's oldest and most historic cemetery, Rookwood, which is located around 20 kilometers west of the city. We are not going to look in the national parts of the cemetery (Italian, Russian, Chinese, etc.) we are only going to appreciate the old parts. Since this cemetery is very old and since it does not contain magnificent monuments (like the one in Milan, Italy) I have videotaped the clips in a 'walking' format, watch it and you will understand what I mean. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west.
Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal. Its capital, Canberra, is inland. The country is known for its Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, a vast interior desert wilderness called the Outback, and unique animal species like kangaroos and duck-billed platypuses.
Old Sydney graveyard below Central Station | Nine News Australia
Sydney never seems able to rest in peace, our past is constantly being buried by progress.
At the State Library, from tomorrow, there will be an exhibition of photographs of a vast cemetery that once occupied land near central station.
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Bronte Beach - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bronte Beach Sydney
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Travel blogs from Bronte Beach:
- ... Apparently just off Bronte beach (i think it's there) is a shark feeding ground so every morning and evening there are a load of sharks in the water ...
- ... The scenery was great, walking by an old clifftop cemetary, then onto Bronte beach, passing a few other coves on the way before we hit the legendary Bondi beach ...
- ... After several bottles of water, and a few beers to follow, I went with about 10 people from the hostel to Bronte Beach ...
- ... After an eerie walk through the resting place of many famous Australians, Waverley Cemetery, Bronte beach came next, a small crescent of sand backed with a grassy park full of free barbeques, as was the next ...
- ... On Christmas Day, a massive group of us went down to Bronte beach with some boxes of wine and chilled out there for the day, had a game of football (Ireland won), before a par- ...
- ... After the coffee and muffins, we headed off on the coastal path and got as far as Bronte beach before yet more sustanance was need (not by me) ...
- ... We finished off the day with a coastal walk round to Bronte Beach ...
- ... We walked the coastal path from Bronte beach to Bondi Beach - lots of surfers looking like seals in their wet suits litter the waves in all the coves and beaches, obviously not ...
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- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Bronte beach (near Bondi)- check out the surf by Kimbugs from a blog titled Sydney!
- Zc. Me and Mam going for a dip on Bronte beach by Our_travels from a blog titled Christmas in Oz!
- Marie and Donnacha at Bronte Beach by Mariebee from a blog titled 45 and counting...
- Eastern Suburbs - Bronte Beach by Aandl from a blog titled Sydney, 19 - 23 May 2009
- Looking down onto Bronte Beach by Grimbo from a blog titled Sydney Day 9 - Bondi to Coogee
- Walking down to Bronte beach! by Whereiscliffy from a blog titled Arriving in Sydney - the first day
- Coogee a Bondi - Bronte Beach by Doctorhugo from a blog titled SYDNEY !!!
- Breakfast on Bronte Beach by Lisapeterson0 from a blog titled Sunshine city...home sweet home.
- Swimmer at Bronte Beach by Travelling_jess from a blog titled 3 days in Sydney
- Rock Pool, Bronte Beach by Riyer from a blog titled Sydney's Tourist Traps
- Bronte Beach ice cream by Zolab from a blog titled Swimming and Snorkeling in Sydney
- Bronte Beach - Sydney by Alinmattrtw2005 from a blog titled Sydney
- _147 Bronte beach by Gonetilwhenever from a blog titled Australia - Sydney
- Bronte Beach by Jamemorg from a blog titled Christmas in Sydney
- Bronte beach by Froggies from a blog titled A walk between Bondi beach and Bronte beach...
- Bronte Beach by Petenic360 from a blog titled Week Twenty Seven - Sydney
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Waverley Cemetery General Visitor Information
Picturesque Historic Waverley Cemetery, an eternal permenant room with a veiw by the sea.. General visitors information, opening hours, office hours, what to take, what not to take, who to ring if there is a problem etc. Enjoy your visit.
Slide show of the wreath laying at the grave of Major General J. S. Richardson, CB
Tuesday 20 August 2013
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the grave of the RUSI of NSW's founder
Major General J. S. Richardson, CB Commandant of the New South Wales Military Forces 1865 -- 1892
President of the United Service Institution of New South Wales 1888 -- 1891
At 11:30 h on allotments 695 and 696 Section 6 of Waverley Cemetery.
Trip Austrália #78: Coastal Walk from Bronte - Waverley Cemetery
Waverley Cemetery, Sydney on a Saturday afternoon in May
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SILVERTON CEMETERY NSW AUSTRALIA
Nardia and Jamie tour the Silverton Cemetery. Sparse and desolate with many unmarked graves.
Waverley Cemetery
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Trip Austrália #79: Waverley Cemetery
The History of Undalya Cemetery, South Australia
The History of Undalya Cemetery, in rural South Australia.
Secret Sydney 15: The Coast Cemetery, Little Bay
Sun Rising - Waverley Cemetery
The sun rising at dawn at Waverley Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney New South Wales (NSW) Australia. Footage taken on my iPhone 5S, no post-production done.
Gore Hill Cemetery NSW
Gore Hill Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Sydney Australia.
Saint Mary MacKillop was buried here until she was re-interred at Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney.
Video and photos by Allen and Karen Tiller
Tragic death in Sydney cemetery