Council Cemeteries

Wingecarribee Council maintains eight fully operational cemeteries across the Shire and provides a range of bereavement services for the community.

To obtain application forms or enquire about ash placements, reserving an allotment, locating a grave, memorialisation options, or interment rights, please contact Irene Sheppard at:

Email: mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 02 4868 0887 

Wingecarribee cemeteries are located in a variety of locations in tranquil settings to commemorate and celebrate the life of your loved ones.

Cemeteries are also an important source of local history and are of great heritage significance to present and future generations. A number of other cemeteries are considered historic or closed cemeteries.

Bushfire danger rating status

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Penrose Cemetery, Welby Cemetery, Robertson Cemetery, Bundanoon Cemetery, and Berrima Cemetery.

These cemeteries may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Balmoral Cemetery

Bolans Road, Balmoral.

Berrima General Cemetery

Berrima Cemetery is located at 583 Berrima Road, Berrima NSW 2577.

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Berrima Cemetery, which means the cemetery may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Bowral General Cemetery

109 Kangaloon Road, Bowral NSW 2576.

Bundanoon General Cemetery

Bundanoon General Cemetery is located at Ferndale Road, Bundanoon NSW 2578.

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Bundanoon Cemetery, which means the cemetery may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Burradoo Wesleyan/Methodist Cemetery

Closed, ash placements only.

Burradoo Rd, Burradoo NSW 2576.

Burrawang Cemetery

Church St, Burrawang NSW 2577.

East Kangaloon Cemetery

Kangaloon Rd, East Kangaloon NSW 2576.

Glenquarry Cemetery

Closed, ash placements only.

Tourist Road, Glenquarry NSW 2577.

Moss Vale General Cemetery

75 Berrima Road, Moss Vale NSW 2577.

Myra Vale Cemetery

Existing rights only/ash placements.

Myra Vale Road, Wildes Meadow NSW 2577.

Penrose General Cemetery

Penrose Cemetery is located at Victoria Street, Penrose NSW 2577.

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Penrose Cemetery, which means the cemetery may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Robertson General Cemetery

151 Missingham Parade, Robertson NSW 2577

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Robertson Cemetery, which means the cemetery may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. 

Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Rowe’s Hill Anglican Cemetery

Existing rights only/ash placements.

869 Old South Road, Mittagong NSW 2575.

Rowes Hill Cemetery(PDF, 165KB)

Welby General Cemetery

Welby Cemetery is located at 50 Meranie St, Welby NSW 2575.

There are bushfire mitigation measures and closure triggers in place for Welby Cemetery, which means the cemetery may be closed depending on the current bushfire danger rating from the Rural Fire Service for the Illawarra/Shoalhaven district. Please refer to the RFS website for the current fire danger rating.

Please note that the rating below overrides any general facility opening status shown elsewhere.

Map of Council-managed public cemeteries 

Wingecarribee Shire Council manages the following public cemeteries:

Wingecarribee cemeteries information sheet

The Cemeteries Information Sheet outlines the terms of management for all Wingecarribee Shire Council public cemeteries, as well as fees and charges.

This information is for:

• People who intend to or have purchased a right of burial or interment of ashes

• Funeral directors and other professional people involved with the use of the cemetery 

The Information Sheet also ensures that the conduct of cemetery visitors is in accordance with reasonable and practical standards. 

Cemeteries Information Sheet 2023/2024(PDF, 837KB)

Wingecarribee Shire Cemetery Policy 

Cemetery Policy

Further information 

To obtain application forms or enquire about ash placements, locating a grave, memorialisation options, or interment rights, please contact Irene Sheppard at:

Email: mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 02 4868 0887