Waverley Cemetery is a treasure trove of local history. Some of the famous people buried here include:
Henry Kendall, poet; Henry Lawson, writer; William Dymock, bookseller; Victor Trumper, test cricketer;
"Queenie" Paul, actor; Laurence Hargreave, aviator and inventor; John Sands, greeting card manufacturer;
Jules Archibald, creator of the Archibald Prize; James Dowling, chief justice of NSW; Dorothea Makellar, poet;
Arthur Tauchert, silent movie actor; Edmund Resch, beer brewer; John Fingleton, cricketer and author
and many many more.