Reserve a plot

To ensure spouses can be buried side by side or close family members can be buried near each other, cemetery plots may be purchased in advance and reserved.

Dating from the first burials at Rookwood in 1867, this section is called “monumental” because all the graves are covered with marble, concrete, or some other material, and finish above ground level. Monuments vary from simple to ornate. They are crafted to individual specifications by JCT certified stonemasons.

Distributed over 15 hectares, the monumental section comprises over 40 distinct areas extending across several roads, from the earliest graves in the Old Ground near the Martyrs Memorial, to graves dating back to the 1920s, which are near the JCT office on Hawthorne Avenue.

Because a gravesite may have been reserved for many years, it is possible that someone dying in the 21st century will be buried in an older section of the cemetery dating back to the 20th or 19th centuries.

Consecrated in 1998, the lawn section of Rookwood Jewish Cemetery lies to the south of Hawthorne Avenue. As its name suggests, graves in this section are covered with grass. Uniform in design, the monuments are organised by the JCT, with only the wording subject to variation.