The Sleeping City: The Story Of Rookwood Necropolis
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed work of Australian history, The Sleeping City: The Story of Rookwood Necropolis chronicles the fascinating and often overlooked story of Rookwood, the largest Victorian-era cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere, located in Sydney, New South Wales. Weston presents a sweeping narrative that traces the necropolis from its establishment in 1867 through its evolution into a vast city of the dead, illuminating the social, cultural, and architectural forces that shaped its development. With meticulous research, the work uncovers the stories of the thousands of individuals interred within its grounds, offering a compelling window into the lives, beliefs, and mourning customs of colonial and post-colonial Australian society. The tone is both scholarly and deeply humanistic, treating the cemetery not merely as a burial ground but as a living document of a nation's history. This authoritative account stands as an essential reference for anyone interested in Australian heritage, funerary history, or the remarkable intersection of death and culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Author: David A. Weston
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, Society of Australian Genealogists in conjunction with Hale & Iremonger
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed work of Australian history, The Sleeping City: The Story of Rookwood Necropolis chronicles the fascinating and often overlooked story of Rookwood, the largest Victorian-era cemetery in the Southern Hemisphere, located in Sydney, New South Wales. Weston presents a sweeping narrative that traces the necropolis from its establishment in 1867 through its evolution into a vast city of the dead, illuminating the social, cultural, and architectural forces that shaped its development. With meticulous research, the work uncovers the stories of the thousands of individuals interred within its grounds, offering a compelling window into the lives, beliefs, and mourning customs of colonial and post-colonial Australian society. The tone is both scholarly and deeply humanistic, treating the cemetery not merely as a burial ground but as a living document of a nation's history. This authoritative account stands as an essential reference for anyone interested in Australian heritage, funerary history, or the remarkable intersection of death and culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.