Burwood Cemetery

Cemetery in Victoria, Australia

Burwood Cemetery

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Established| 1857
Location|

Burwood, Victoria

Country| Australia
Coordinates| 37°51′07″S 145°06′00″E﻿ / ﻿37.85202°S 145.10004°E﻿ / -37.85202; 145.10004
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

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* Frank Cumbrae-Stewart, barrister and university professor
* Zina Cumbrae-Stewart, philanthropist
* John S. Clark, Scottish-born Australian entomologist and myrmecologist
* Harold 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

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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

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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

## External links

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* Burwood Cemetery – Billion Graves