The Frazer Mausoleum is the largest monument in Rookwood Cemetery and was completed in 1894. John Frazer emigrated to Australia from Ireland, with his brother James, in 1842. From humble beginnings, he made John Frazer & Co. into one of the most influential mercantile houses in Sydney. He died in 1884, leaving an estate of 405,000 pounds. The nearby John Paul Family Vault can be seen here.
Very impressive!
ReplyDeleteThat first one is really neat.
ReplyDeleteThe Mausoleum looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Marla, the first one looks terrific
ReplyDeleteVery interesting architecture!
ReplyDeleteImpressive is right. They must dwarf all their neighbors.
ReplyDeleteVery good examples of cemetery architecture , which I am very fond of !
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
I've been following along with your tour of Rookwood. It's an impressive place, far beyond anything in my region. And your photos capture it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteIndeed impressive. May the nowaday family be always safe.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful start into the weekend for you.
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Thank You for being there with me with your comments. I'm still too overwhelmed by shock for regular blogging interaction.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like he did try to "take it with him"...
ReplyDeleteCool photos. But isn't it amazing that people spend so much money to encase a bunch of bones?
ReplyDeleteThese two families certainly weren't poor. Thanks for explaining the shots.
ReplyDeleteLook ancient and mysterious, if only they could speak to us and tell us the secret skeletons they have harbored over time...
ReplyDeleteVery interesting..what a colossal sum to leave in his estate in the late 1880s...mmm.
ReplyDeleteSaw the power lines in your post below, and was disappointed no-one quoted,
"ah..the serenity"
or
"they always remind me of man's ability to create electricity"
(is that how that last one goes)?
[from the movie The Castle, of course! Very funny. Guess all your visitors aren't Australians].
The one on the left looks bigger than my house.
ReplyDeleteAnnie, I agree. The Castle is a very funny movie but it may not translate too well with many people overseas. I believe the quote is: "Dad loved power lines. He said they were a constant reminder of man's ability to generate electricity".
ReplyDeleteI never cease to wonder why people build such ornate edifices for burial sites. It would be interesting to read up about it.
ReplyDeleteMade me think of the cemetery - catacombs in Rome, I spent a Sunday there once upon a time.
ReplyDeleteHe must be the same John Frazer who donated one thousand pounds for the City to have two covered water bubblers. Rich bloke. That probably makes him equivalent to Packer today. Money doubles every seven years, yes?
ReplyDeleteJulie, thanks for that. I didn't make that connection to the water fountains. He certainly must have been a very rich bloke.
ReplyDeleteSinulla on upeita ja suuria sähkölinjoja, mulla vain kaksilankaisia. Ne tuovat kuvaan minusta hienon ulottuvuuden. Sinulla on paljon kaunista blogissasi, minä asun maalla enkä paljon matkustele, joten kuvani jääkin aika samanlaisiksi teemoiltaan. Hauskaa tämä kuvaaminen on.
ReplyDeleteI love visiting places like this.
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