Burwood Cemetery

Burwood Cemetery
Burwood Cemetery
Details
Established	1857
Location	Burwood, Victoria
Country	Australia
Coordinates	37°51′07″S 145°06′00″E / 37.85202°S 145.10004°E
Website	Burwood Cemetery
Find a Grave	Burwood Cemetery
Footnotes	Burwood Cemetery – Billion Graves

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

^ "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.
^ "Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011.
^ 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

External links

Burwood Cemetery – Billion Graves

[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.

[cwgc1-3] Burwood General Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.

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