Burwood Cemetery

Cemetery in Victoria, Australia

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Burwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Burwood, Victoria in Australia. It dates back to 1858, and was originally known as Nunawading General Cemetery.[1] It is known as a resting place of notable figures from Melbourne. The site is operated by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust,[2] who also manage eighteen other cemeteries and memorial parks around Victoria, including Preston Cemetery, Fawkner Memorial Park, Altona Memorial Park and Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery.

Notable interments

  • Frank Cumbrae-Stewart, barrister and university professor
  • Zina Cumbrae-Stewart, philanthropist
  • John S. Clark, Scottish-born Australian entomologist and myrmecologist
  • Harold Edward Elliott, soldier and politician
  • Sir Charles Powers, High Court judge
  • Percival Serle, historian, biographer, bibliographer
  • F. W. Thring, film-maker and entrepreneur
  • E. W. Tipping, journalist
  • Mervyn Allanson Henry Kelaart, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) cricketer, first class

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of fifty-four Commonwealth service personnel. There are eight from World War I and forty-six from World War II.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Family Notices - Blanksby, Nunawading General Cemetery". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 10, 026. Victoria, Australia. 5 August 1878. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ Burwood General Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.
  • Port Phillip Pioneers Group (1998), Burwood cemetery, Victoria : headstones 1858–1998, Macbeth Genealogical Books, ISBN 978-0-947158-69-9
  • Burwood Cemetery – Billion Graves