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1 START OF THE WALK each arm of the cross is carved a symbol of one of 1890. The drains are 900mm wide by 1.7 metres located in the mouth of the serpent is also referred The Catholic Sailors who perished in that attack and in Melbourne and . The driving force for their historicthe Evangelists, viz., an angel’s head representing deep. to as the Forbidden fruit symbolizing sin. Below the who are interred in these graves are: ministry is their motto: The love of Christ impels us. This self-guided Historical Walk through the Catholic St Matthew; a winged lion St Mark; a bull St Luke; The Flemish bonding pattern forms a series of snake is an orb representing the world. John Edward GANNON, Stoker, Reference: Sisters of Charity Section of Mortuary 1 will take approximately 45 to and eagle, St. John. The remaining portions contain 60 minutes. Along the way you will visit imposing decorative crosses in the wall and is suitable for the Another important Christian symbol which appears Leonard Walter HOWROYD, Petty Officer beautiful interlacing of ribbons and animals – construction of curved walls. between the statue and the memorial is “IHS”, 11 SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL monuments embodying architectural, social, snakes and dogs with topknots and intertwining Kenneth Francis KILLEEN, Stoker II Class CHAPEL Brick spreaders have been used at intervals which stands for the first three letters of Jesus’ religious features as well as the history behind together in the most fantastic manner. Reference: Heritage Branch of the Department of throughout the drainage system to prevent name in the Greek alphabet. The Chapel of St Michael the Archangel was them. Planning NSW This grand monument indicated the morality and the walls collapsing under the pressure of the designed in the mid 1880’s and survives as a fine This walk will journey past the imposing Maher respectability of the work and thrift that made it 7 DEVONSHIRE STREET CEMETERY surrounding soil. 9 ITALIAN VAULTS example of a Gothic Revival style. It features eleven Cross to the Gothic Revival architecture of St possible. These ideas developed from what has (PATRICK MOORE FAMILY GRAVE) Michael the Archangel Chapel offering a peek into exquisite stained-glass windows, depicting the been termed by historians as the “Victorian work 5 THE McMAHON VAULT By the early 1840s, the Devonshire Street Cemetery Both the trend to represent the country of origin four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Christian Symbolism and the majestic Vaults of ethic”. While the Celtic cross was often used by the along with the concept of a small temple is JAMES (Jimmy) McMAHON (1838-1914) was born was becoming overcrowded and the need for a as well as St Brigid, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our successful families. Irish Catholic element in Australian society, Maher’s particularly evident in the numerous vaults built for in County Clare Ireland and migrated to Sydney new cemetery was recognised by church and civil Lady of Sorrows, Jesus on the Cross, St Joseph, the We hope you will find the walk an informative and elaborate representation was again the affirmation Italian families in the Catholic section. with his family when he was 9. He started his authorities. In 1861 some 688 hectacres, situated Immaculate Conception and St Patrick. enjoyable experience. of a successful man. working life aged 13, assisting a baker who paid at Liberty Plains, 18 kilometres from Sydney, was Photographs of family members interred in the The original statue of St Michael the Archangel tomb are attached to the facade. 1 THE TOOHEY FAMILY VAULTS Reference: “The Sleeping City” seven shillings a week. He was next employed as purchased by the Government. By 1866, land had which stood surmounting the bellcote was a carrier for a wine and spirit merchant, acquiring a been cleared and construction of the new cemetery The shape of these edifices resembles a small house destroyed by lightning and a smaller replacement 3 THE SLOVENE MONUMENTAL LAWN In 1869 John Toohey set up an auctioneering agency basic knowledge of the industry. at Haslem’s Creek was ready to begin. and they are grouped in streets as in European statue was installed in the 1960’s. In January 1995 and cordial manufacturing business in Sydney. The Settlers from Slovenia have been arriving in Once the Haslem’s Creek Necropolis was operational, cemeteries. A sense of family solidarity and the smaller statue was again struck by lightning following year, John and his brother James began McMahon launched his own cartage business and Australia since the mid nineteenth century, when it newspaper advertisements were placed by Sydney dynastic continuity is evident in decisions to spend and partially destroyed. brewing at the Metropolitan Brewery. In 1873 the several years later contracted for the cartage of was part of the Hapsburg Empire. Slovene territory copper from the Peak Downs fields. City Council asking relatives of the deceased of the large sums of money on these mausolea. Allied to Two large angels of Hope and Charity enhance the brothers bought the Darling Brewery located in joined the Kingdoms of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes this philosophy of perpetuating familial ties is the Returning to Sydney in 1864 he held an exclusive old Devonshire Street Cemetery to come front facade above the main entrance doorway. Cockle Creek, later named Darling Harbour. Before in 1918, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. During World Christian belief in the sanctity of the body as the contract with the railways, forward if they required their ancestors’ remains Elegant niches either side of the door reputedly 1880 imported beer was preferred to the local War II the nation was invaded and fractured, but temple of the Holy Spirit and a conviction that the delivering wool to warehouses from the Darling to be moved to Rookwood or a cemetery of their were to contain statues of the blessed Virgin and product, but in the 1880s Toohey’s beer quickly after the war Slovenia re-joined Yugoslavia. body will be resurrected on the ‘last day’. became popular. Harbour rail siding. In 1890 to 1892 McMahon was choice. All remains were exhumed in1901. This St Joseph. These were never provided. A crypt area After Slovenia became independent from was done at no cost to the relatives. However if no The rationale is not entirely religious and includes beneath the apse was used for storage of coffins James went on to hold the Legislative Assembly the first president of the Master Carriers’ Association Yugoslavia in 1991, the number of Slovenian relatives came forward, headstones and remains an attraction to black as a colour associated with arriving by train while awaiting prayers or masses seat of South Sydney from 1885 to 1893. He was of New South Wales. By 1914 he had 250 teams immigrants settling in New South Wales declined. and 550 horses - said to be the biggest fleet in the were sent to Botany Cemetery. death. (Another large section of family vaults and and thence burial. a good speaker, if a little impetuous at times. On The Slovenian population of Australia has been above ground tombs can be found in Mortuary 2.) James’s death in 1895, John took over the brewery. southern hemisphere. He reputedly transported A large monument with dates going back to 1816 Extensive restoration, particularly to the slate roof estimated to total about 25,000. A photograph of the deceased close to the shrine John was a leading Catholic layman, benefactor 750,000 bales of wool annually. is from one of the graves moved to Rookwood in and maintenance of the stone and timber work was symbolically ensures closeness to the Saints in the to numerous Catholic charitable institutions Many organisations and social centres have been Jimmy McMahon died on 17 November 1914 at 1901 from the Devonshire Street Cemetery. This carried out in 1989-1990, just prior to the Chapel’s next life. and a financial supporter of the Irish nationalist formed by first generation Slovenes as the place for his home in Redfern and after a requiem mass was done to allow for the construction of Sydney’s centenary celebrations. Masses and funeral prayers movement. On Christmas Day 1888 Cardinal Patrick Slovenian community activities, festivals, cherished was buried in the Catholic section of Rookwood Central Railway Station. This monument stands Reference: “The Sleeping City” continue to be conducted in the chapel. A new Moran invested him as a knight of the Order of St Slovenian traditions and customs. cemetery. over the grave of Patrick and Rose Moore and their bronze statue of St Michael was erected in 2009. 10 This small ethnic burial area with its well-kept family. THE SISTERS OF CHARITY Gregory. Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography 12 MORTUARY 1 STATION In 1902 the brewery became a public company, graves and abundance of floral decorations, Reference: “The Sleeping City” In 1815 Mary Aikenhead founded the Sisters of 6 Tooheys Limited, with John as chairman. John photographs etc., shows in clear relief the changing CATHOLIC SYMBOLISM Charity in Ireland. Their ministry was to serve the Rookwood was served by a rail spur from the 8 THE SINKING OF THE KUTTABUL went on a world tour with his family in 1902. He face of modern day ethnic burial area when (W.H.FARNE FAMILY GRAVE) poor in their homes and especially those who main line from 1867 until 1948. The Haslem’s compared against the surrounding nineteenth Creek Receiving House (Mortuary 1 Station) was died in Chicago USA on 5 May 1903. His body was In the Victorian age, monumental funerary figures In June 1942 Japanese submarines attacked Sydney were sick. In 1838 five Sisters of Charity arrived in century public and religious burial areas. a beautiful sandstone building, spanning the returned to Australia and was buried in the Catholic generally assumed standing positions and were Harbour - the prize target being an American heavy Sydney and were the first religious sisters to arrive terminus of the branch line and a 30 metre section section of Rookwood cemetery, Sydney. Reference: “The Sleeping City” mostly female which signified a message of cruiser, the USS Chicago. in Australia. Their first Ministry was to the convict women in the Female Factory at Parramatta. of the two platforms. Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography resurrection, reincarnation, faith and hope. At about 12.30 am on 1 June 1942, there was an 4 THE SERPENTINE CANAL At the southern end, there was a symmetrical five The monument of Mary standing on the head of explosion on the naval depot ship HMAS Kuttabul, From these beginnings the Sisters of Charity have 2 sided apse-like extension which was used as a THE MAHER FAMILY VAULT One of the focal points of the Rookwood Cemetery the snake with an apple in its mouth displays some a converted harbour ferry, which was moored at continued to answer the call to minister in schools, hospitals, prisons and social welfare activities waiting room. As the train was backed in through Timothy Maher was a merchant and furniture landscaping is the Serpentine Canal. very important Christian symbols which many will Garden Island as an accommodation vessel. The in the wider community. They have remained in the northern arch with the hearse leading, the manufacturer who ran Moore’s Labour Bazaar in It is an open brick-lined drain, which, like a snake, already know. Rarely though are they seen in such a crew of the midget submarine from M-24 had fired education on the East Coast of Australia and have coffins could be removed in complete shelter inside Pitt Street Sydney during the 1850’s and 60’s. It was weaves its way across the centre of Rookwood stark juxtaposition. at the USS Chicago but missed, the torpedo striking the Kuttabul instead. been involved in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary the building. the largest general furnishing store in any of the Cemetery and is crossed at regular intervals by cast The figure of Mary is a communal symbol which Institutes. Inspired by their founder, the Sisters of The rail line was used to convey funeral parties to Australian colonies at that time. iron and wrought iron bridges. affirms the dignity of the human body, and The explosion created a massive hole in the Charity have had a tradition of over 150 years of Rookwood until 1948 when the expanded use of The Serpentine Canal is an engineering feat and strengthens our faith in the resurrection of Christ. ferry’s hull, near the stern. The initial impact Perhaps the most outstanding monument at leadership and innovation in Health Care, Aged processions by road made it obsolete. technically very important. thrust the vessel high into the air, whereupon it Rookwood Cemetery is the gigantic Celtic cross Mary gives hope, faith and love to the people of the Care, Research and Education in Australia. erected over this vault. At the intersection of the The drains are made of sandstone bricks hand- world. came crashing back and collapsed on the seabed. The Sisters of Charity Health Service is now the arms of the cross there is carved the symbol of the made to English size specifications, indicating that Nineteen Australian and two British sailors on the We hope you enjoyed our historic walk. The Serpent beneath Mary’s foot represents Satan, largest non-government, not-for-profit health care Holy Ghost descending in the form of the dove. On construction of the Serpentine drain pre-dates Kuttabul died. a deadly, subtle, malicious enemy. The Apple provider in Australia including St Vincent’s Hospitals