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St Kilda Cemetery

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Established
  
1851

Size
  
18 acres (7.3 ha)

Founded
  
1851

Country
  
Australia

No. of interments
  
53,000

Phone
  
+61 3 9349 3014

St Kilda Cemetery

Location
  
St Kilda East, Victoria

Website
  
St Kilda Cemetery (Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust)

Address
  
Dandenong Road, St Kilda East VIC 3183, Australia

Hours
  
Closed now Friday9AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSunday9AM–4PMMonday9AM–4PMTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PMThursday9AM–4PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Melbourne General Cemetery, Brighton General Cemetery, Boroonda General Cemetery, Cheltenh Memorial Park, Burwood Cemetery

St kilda cemetery


St Kilda Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East, Victoria.

Contents

History

St Kilda Cemetery covers a large block bordered by Dandenong Road, Hotham Street, Alma Road and Alexandra Street. It is bounded by a historic wall and contains many Victorian era graves. The cemetery is the resting place of Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia, and Albert Jacka VC, MC, barrister and Mayor of St Kilda (1930).

Notable interments

  • Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister
  • Premiers
  • Sir Bryan O’Loghlen
  • George Kerferd
  • Sir James Munro
  • Sir George Turner
  • Tilly Aston, started the Braille Library in Melbourne
  • Harold Breen, senior public servant
  • Caroline Hodgson, "Madame Brussels"
  • Jessica Jacobs, actress
  • Albert Jacka VC
  • Christina Macpherson, composer
  • Ferdinand von Mueller, botanist
  • Sir Frederick Sargood, merchant and senator
  • William Pitt, architect
  • War graves

    The cemetery contains the war graves of 20 Commonwealth service personnel, including 4 from World War I and 16 from World War II.

    References

    St Kilda Cemetery Wikipedia