Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia

Cemetery in South Guildford, Western Australia

Guilford Cemetery

Guildford Cemetery

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Location|

South Guildford, Western Australia

Country| Australia
Coordinates| 31°55′06″S 115°58′41″E﻿ / ﻿31.9182°S 115.978°E﻿ / -31.9182; 115.978
Owned by| Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
Find a Grave| Guilford Cemetery

Western Australia Heritage Register

Official name| Guildford Cemetery
Type| State Register
Designated| 2 September 1998
Reference no.| 4647

Guildford Cemetery is a cemetery in the southern part of South Guildford, Western Australia, located between the Great Eastern Highway Bypass and Kalamunda Road adjacent to the Perth Airport.[1]

An earlier cemetery in Guildford was established early in the history of the Swan River Colony in James Street;[citation needed] some headstones were moved to Guildford Cemetery when it was established. Burials also occurred in the churchyard in what is now Stirling Square.[2]

In 1888 it was decided that the present cemetery site, which was already in some use at that time,[3] should be used for all future burials. A year later, the church was asking for donations to help maintain the cemetery.[4]

In 1937 a new management board was established, to broaden the responsibility for the cemetery from the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Wesleyan churches to also include the Salvation Army and the three local road boards (Swan, Bassendean, and Belmont and Darling).[2] It is currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board.[5]

Burial lists up to 1998 are available from the Cemeteries Board[6] and are viewable at Battye Library.

## See also

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* Category:Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery
* East Perth Cemeteries
* Midland Cemetery

## References

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1. ^ Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (1999), Kalamunda Road realignment, Guildford Cemetery, South Guildford : Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, The Authority, ISBN 978-0-7309-8137-4
2. ^ a b "GUILDFORD CEMETERY". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
3. ^ "THE INQUIRER. Occulta vitia inquirere. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1848". Inquirer. No. 389\. Western Australia. 12 January 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2022 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Classified Advertising". The West Australian. Vol. 5, no. 982\. Western Australia. 9 May 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2022 - via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "Guildford Cemetery - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Perth Western Australia". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
6. ^ Western Australia. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (1998), Alpha index for Karrakatta, Pinnaroo, Midland and Guildford as at 15.05.98, The Board, retrieved 26 January 2012

## External links

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* Media related to Guildford Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website