Rookwood Independent Cemetery - Rookwood Independent Cemetery

THE INDEPENDENT CEMETERY is one of eight separately-managed offices responsible for administering the various sections of Rookwood Cemetery. Originally formed as an amalgamation of the Presbyterian, Methodist, Wesleyan, and Lutheran offices, Rookwood Independent now caters for a much larger number of denominations, as listed on our “Sections” page.

The other offices of Rookwood Cemetery are: Rookwood Necropolis Trust, Australian War Graves, Catholic Cemetery Board, Anglican & General Cemetery Trust, Jewish Cemetery Trust, Muslim Cemetery Trust, Memorial Gardens & Crematorium.

Rookwood Independent Office Hours are:-

Monday to Friday
8:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Sunday
Closed

If you have a lengthy query or transaction, please allow sufficent time as we close promptly at the end of the day.

Although the office will be closed on Public Holidays, the Cemetery Grounds will remain open from sunrise to sunset, 7 days a week, as usual.

Monday 4th October
Closed - Labour Day

Visitors..

Rookwood Independent Cemetery now administers the records and current burials for the Greek, Baptist and Methodist Sections of Field of Mars Cemetery at Ryde. You can use the Deceased Search link on this website to search for burials from these sections of Field of Mars.

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(from Wikipedia)

Rookwood Cemetery (officially named Rookwood Necropolis) is the largest multicultural necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rookwood is also considered to be a suburb, close to Lidcombe railway station about 17 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district.

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Rookwood Independent Cemetery

Name	Date	Time
ATIENZA, Genoveva	Sat, 4/09/2010	11.00am
ELKOUBERSI, Nadia	Mon, 6/09/2010	11.30am
SATIU, Maofa	Mon, 6/09/2010	1.00pm

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Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde

History of Rookwood

Funeral Services:

Name Date Time

ATIENZA, Genoveva

Sat, 4/09/2010

11.00am

ELKOUBERSI, Nadia

Mon, 6/09/2010

11.30am

SATIU, Maofa

Mon, 6/09/2010

1.00pm

Please note times are based on an estimated time of arrival at cemetery provided by the Funeral Director. It is not unusual for processions to proceed to the gravesite ahead of time if they have arrived earlier than predicted.