Geelong Eastern Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Geelong, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1839.
| Geelong Eastern Cemetery | |
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| Established | 1839 |
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| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 38°09′48″S 144°22′57″E / 38.1632°S 144.3824°E |
| No. of interments | >70,000 |
| Website | Geelong Eastern Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Geelong Eastern Cemetery |
| Footnotes | Geelong Eastern Cemetery – Billion Graves |
141 Ormond Road, The Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]
Notable interments edit
- 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
- Anne Drysdale, from whom Drysdale, Victoria, is named
- Caroline Elizabeth Newcomb, woman pioneer squatter, partner of Anne Drysdale
- Catherine McDonald née Potaskie, first European born in Tasmania
- Robert Beauchamp, Australasian Mission President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the earliest LDS missionaries to New Zealand
War graves edit
The cemetery contains the war graves of 45 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 9 from World War I and 36 from World War II.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse (H1170)". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Geelong Eastern Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.
External links edit
- Geelong Eastern Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Geelong Eastern Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Geelong Eastern Public Cemetery Australian cemeteries
