Funeral Comparisons

Above Ground Burial

Above ground burial usually takes the following forms:

• a tomb - burial at the surface or just below the surface of the ground in a completely encased concrete lined tomb.
• a crypt - an external 'cell' in a purpose-built buiding of many crypts
• a vault - consisting of a number of crypts owned by one family, accessed inside the vault building
• a mausoleum - consisting of a number of crypts or vaults inside a larger building.

Sydney

Cemeteries in Sydney specialising in above ground burial include:

• Castle Hill
• Castlebrook
• Eastern Suburbs
• Field of Mars
• Forest Lawn
• Frenchs Forest Bushland
• Liverpool
• Macquarie Park
• Pinegrove
• Rookwood Catholic
• Rookwood Independent

Mausoleum Macquarie Park	External crypts at Macquarie Park
Crypts in Sepulcre of the Resurrection Liverpool	Family vault inside Lady of Mount Carmel Mausoleum Liverpool
Internal crypts at Pinegrove	Crypts Field of Mars