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The Woden Cemetery is the main cemetery in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located adjacent to the Woden Town Centre.
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The cemetery opened in 1936 as the Canberra General Cemetery.
It closed for burials in 1979, but was re-opened in March 1999. Memorial gardens were opened in 1992, and the Christ the Redeemer Mausoleum, for burial in above-ground vaults, was completed in 2001.
The cemetery is nearing capacity; it was announced in February 2009 that it would be full in about 10 years, necessitating the construction of a third cemetery to service the city.
Notable burials
War graves
It contains the war graves of 30 Australian service personnel of World War II - 10 soldiers and 20 airmen.
References
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