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Wentworth Mausoleum

Sydney, Italy

Wentworth Mausoleum

Wentworth Mausoleum is a heritage-listed mausoleum located at 5 Chapel Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1872 to 1874 by Mansfield Brothers, architects. It is also known as Wentworth Mausoleum and site. The property is owned by Anglican Church Property Trust and is manage

d by Sydney Living Museums as part of Vaucluse House. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Within the mausoleum is buried Australian statesman William Charles Wentworth and children Isabella, Sarah Eleanor and William Charles. Sarah Wentworth played a key role in its construction, commissioning the chapel in which the vault is situated.

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