Waverley Cemetery
The Waverley Cemetery opened in 1877 and is a major cemetery at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Waverley Cemetery is a self funding fully operational cemetery. Offering earth burial and cremation options. It is noted for its largely intact Victorian and Edwardian landscape nature and its huge number of white Italian marble monuments. Waverley Cemetery conducts funerals everyday except Sundays. Interment options include earth burial and cremation memorials, Mausolea are also popular. It is in a spectacular scenic location on the top of the ocean cliffs. Although not a tourist attraction as such Waverley Cemetery has quite a few celebrities buried there and is used for a lot of filming work. Special guided tours are offered during the year by the cemetery management and the volunteer Friends group. The Friends raise money for specific restoration works to some monuments.
External links Waverley Cemetery website
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