Historic Walk Guide
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U R S T R E E A R T H T W E S RAILWAY STREET T PARRAMATTAE ROAD U P O Q R 13 GG N The Catholic M R S O FF L N T O G R E W A Y 7 8 V K M I 12 T Walk Guide R KK historic ARTHUR STREET F D 6 1 Toohey Vaults 10 5 2 I Maher Cross E AA 9 4 J BB CC 9 3 Slovene Lawn EAST STREET 11 M 3 1010 A C SLOVENE2 4 Serpentine Canal B I L1 L A 5 McMahon Vault 4 1 L 11 I 3 11 6 Catholic Symbolism N Start E W 6 Here C 5 7 Devonshire Street R O E P I V O R R O P O 8 Sinking of the Kuttabul L I S D C L HASLEM DRIVE E I C S N 9 Italian Vaults E E ST. U JOACHIM'S 10 Sisters of Charity N N C CIRCLE E O H 1212 T E LAWN N V N E 11 C St Michael the Archangel A E R D O N R E I V C P 12 Mortuary 1 Station I I T A R C U O E P L R N A I S Y T R O F N D S T O D A R I Catholic Cemeteries & Crematoria R V E H R in collaboration with The Friends of Rookwood I N T R E C http:// friendsofrookwoodinc.org.auR O V A P O L W E R I S B E FLORIST A / U D H A N A V E H W R I O R V E E M N D E A W E E K S B T E O U FLORIST N S S CARPENTER ST N P H I L S H E A L T E I V C I V P B R A S R D E A V S E O N T Y S E U P U D N N O E R E O O U E L V I O O O I V S E A A E W W R D R I D D U V E CEMETERY GATES N N SAINT MARY M N WEEROONA ROAD O O OF THE CROSS ST RAFQA E E I V W L E E R B S S MARY D H A S I I N MARY MACKILLOP V E PAUL DE VINCENT ST. GARDEN A N N MACKILLOP R FLORIST A E PENOLA ST LAWN M R CEMETERY E E O L E S K ENTRANCE T T N H H A SEC. E SEC. E SEC. D T O E E N SEC. N SEC. Q W S T A A SEC. N L EAST STREET H TOMBS TOMBS TOMBS E N N O SEC. C SEC. C SEC. H A H A SEC. Q V FREEMAN ST V W 1 E E G I L R O Y S T SEC. TOMB 2 FAMILYN N V E N U SEC. N A E TOMBS VAULTS SEC. P U U SECTION HUNGARIAN L VIETNAMESE E E SEC. 3 SEC. 2 A LAWN I SEC. L R SEC. 6 LAWN A O LAWN 2 M E WAY OF ST. JOHN CRYPTS T ST NIKOLA 6 M ST. MARTHA 4 5 SECTION B CATHOLIC THE CROSS OF GOD SEC. TAVELIC SEC. SEC. CATHOLIC 7 OFFICE MEMORIAL S A P SEC. M MAUSOLEUM LAWN 2 P GARDEN ST. R ST. PETER E N U E CHARBEL MARONITE L1 N V ST. Y CHANEL A LAWN 1 UKRAINE MARONITE SEC. E JOAN SEC. 5 SEC. 4 SEC. 7 T SACRED HEART CHAPEL P LAWN 2 R LITHUANIAN SEC. 11 R LITHUANIANL1 MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY SEC. 8 ST. SEC. 9 C CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM RAYMOND E SEC. LAWN 3 UKRAINIAN O ST. PATRICK SEC. 11 U H SEC. 10 T SECTION R T SEC. 12 E LAWN 4 T S SEC. 20 ST. ANN SEC. 11 U N SEC. 8 ST. JOSEPH LAWN 22 E N Y CRYPTS FAMILY E UKRAINE LAWN 4 SEC. 10 SEC. 12 SEC. 20 L1 ESTATE Y V A CROATIAN SEC. 9 V ST. FRANCIS C A E L2 SEC. 21 WEEROONA ROAD SEC. 8 N SEC. 19 LAWN 4 LAWN 5 N OF ASSISI SEC. 12 U A POLISH B E ST. GERARD SLOVAK L Y SEC. 18 SEC. 20 MAJELLA SEC. 9 C SEC. 10 H LAWN 6 E SEC. 15 SEC. 18 LAWN 7 POPE JOHN PAUL II CRYPTS SEC. 21 SEC. 8 E HUNGARIAN VAULTS H SEC. 18 SEC. 15 LAWN 7 CHINESE S SEC. 20 SLOVENE 2 ST. CLARE SEC. 9 MARONITE L2 SEC. 15 LAWN 24 SEC. 14 CRYPTS MARONITE L2 SEC. 18 SEC. 14 SEC. 15 MADONNA SEC. 17 SVDP SEC. 16 CRYPTS CROATIAN L1 SEC. 17 LAWN 24 SEC. 14 SYRIAN SEC. 13 SEC. 16 LEWISHAM SEC. 13 CHALDEAN SEC. 14 MELKITE SEC.15 KOREAN A D R O W E E R O O N A The Catholic walk Guide 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 Sydney. 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 Australia 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.