Waverley Cemetery

Waverley Cemetery
Waverley Cemetery
Details
Established	1877
Location	St Thomas Street, Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33°54′26″S 151°15′51″E / 33.907287°S 151.264197°E / -33.907287; 151.264197
Type	Category II Local Govt Business
Owned by	Waverley Council
Size	17 hectares (41 acres)
No. of graves	50,000
Website	Waverley Cemetery
Find a Grave	Waverley Cemetery
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Waverley Cemetery; Waverley Cemetery; General Cemetery Waverley
Type	State heritage (complex / group)
Designated	28 October 2016
Reference no.	1975
Type	Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground
Category	Cemeteries and Burial Sites
Builders	R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, 1878) P. Beddie (cemetery office. 1915)

The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, 1878) and P. Beddie (cemetery office, 1915), the cemetery is noted for its largely intact Victorian and Edwardian monuments. It is regularly cited as being one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. The cemetery contains the graves of many significant Australians including the poet Henry Lawson. Also known as General Cemetery Waverley, it was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 28 October 2016.^[1]

The cemetery is owned by Waverley Council and is self-funded, deriving its income from interments – including burial, cremation, memorials and mausolea – of which there has been over 86,000. Waverley Cemetery was used during the filming of the 1979 Mel Gibson film Tim and in 2021 the film Long Story Short. The cemetery was designed to function along similar lines to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Kensal Green Cemetery in London.

Funerals are conducted Monday to Saturday.