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Geelong Eastern Cemetery

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Established
  
1839

Country
  
Australia

Phone
  
+61 3 5249 3939

Location
  
East Geelong, Victoria

Founded
  
1839

Website
  
Geelong Eastern Cemetery

Find a Grave
  
Geelong Eastern Cemetery

Footnotes
  
Geelong Eastern Cemetery - Billion Graves

Address
  
141 Ormond Rd, East Geelong VIC 3219, Australia

Hours
  
Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday(Labour Day)8:30AM–4PMHours might differTuesday8:30AM–4PMWednesday8:30AM–4PMThursday8:30AM–4PMFriday8:30AM–4PM

Geelong Eastern Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Geelong, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1839.

Contents

141 Ormond Road, The Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Notable burials

  • Thomas Austin, member of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria
  • Percy Ellingsen, Australian rules footballer
  • James Harrison, engineer and politician
  • Howard Hitchcock, organised construction of the Great Ocean Road
  • Bervin Ellis Purnell, Mayor of Geelong
  • Bransby Cooper, Cricketer - Played in the first ever Test Match

    • War graves

    The cemetery contains the war graves of 45 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 9 from World War I and 36 from World War II.

    References

    Geelong Eastern Cemetery Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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