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ROOKWOOD – BRIEFLY AT REST

On October 11, 2025   /   History   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Arthur William Apsey, Exhumation, Rookwood, Rookwood Cemetery, social history, Wills
ROOKWOOD - BRIEFLY AT REST

Sydney’s Rookwood  Cemetery is the largest in the  southern hemisphere, and dates from Victorian times. When retired Sydney schoolteacher Arthur Apsey died on May 24 1925, he was buried just two days later in Rookwood’s   Anglican section. Apsey had lived in a substantial property called The Pines,

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