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Burwood Cemetery

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Established
  
1857

Country
  
Australia

Find a Grave
  
Burwood Cemetery

Phone
  
+61 1300 022 298

Location
  
Burwood, Victoria

Website
  
Burwood Cemetery

Founded
  
1857

Footnotes
  
Burwood Cemetery - Billion Graves

Address
  
Gilmour St, Cnr Burwood Hwy VIC 3125, Australia

Hours
  
Closed now Tuesday7AM–7:30PMWednesday7AM–7:30PMThursday7AM–7:30PMFriday7AM–7:30PMSaturday7AM–7:30PMSunday7AM–7:30PMMonday(Labour Day)7AM–7:30PMHours might differ

Similar
  
Brighton General Cemetery, Box Hill Cemetery, St Kilda Cemetery, Boroonda General Cemetery, Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Burwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Burwood, Victoria in Australia. It is known as a resting place of notable figures from Melbourne. The cemetery dates back to 1857.

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Notable burials

  • Frank Cumbrae-Stewart, barrister and university professor
  • Zina Cumbrae-Stewart, philanthropist
  • John S. Clark, Scottish-born Australian entomologist and myrmecologist
  • Harold Edward Elliott, major general and politician
  • Sir Charles Powers, high court judge
  • F. W. Thring, film maker and entrepreneur
  • E. W. Tipping, journalist
  • Christina Cock, super-centenarian and Australia's oldest person
  • 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.

    References

    Burwood Cemetery Wikipedia