Country Australia Phone +61 2 9451 6204 | Size 22 hectares (54 acres) | |
Established 1932 (first burial 24 April 1940) Location 1 Hakea Avenue, Davidson, New South Wales Address 1 Hakea Ave, Davidson NSW 2085, Australia Hours Open today · 9AM–4PMSaturday9AM–4PMSunday9AM–4PMMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PM Similar Macquarie Park Cemetery, Northern Suburbs Memorial, Westfield Warringah Mall, Gordon Station, Forestway Shopping Centre | ||
Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery is, despite its name, located in the neighbouring suburb of Davidson occupying an area of 22 hectares. It is one of the main cemeteries on the Northern Beaches and is the only cemetery in the Forest district. It has been managed since 29 June 2012 by the Northern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (known as Northern Cemeteries).
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History
On 23 January 1932, the Lands Department gazetted the site and officially dedicated it on the 8 October 1937 with the first burial taking place on the 24 April 1940. The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Howard Mowll, consecrated the Cemetery on 20 February 1955 and Rabbi Israel Porush, senior rabbi at the Great Synagogue, Sydney, consecrated the cemetery on 12 September 1943. Up to 1990 the Cemetery was known as "Frenchs Forest General Cemetery", with the change to the present name being adopted to reflect its native bushland setting.