Ballaarat Old Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of
Ballarat, Victoria in
Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1856, although records show burials took place in the area from the late 1840s.
Ballaarat Old Cemetery
- official website
Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which ...
memorials to soldiers and miners are located in this cemetery.
Notable interments
* John Basson Humffray, politician
* William James McAdam, politician
* Alfred Ronalds, fly fishing author and artisan
* Captain Henry Ross
Henry Ross (1829 – 5 December 1854) was a Canadian-Australian gold miner who died in the Eureka Rebellion at the Ballarat gold fields in the British Colony of Victoria, now the state of Victoria in Australia. Ross is particularly remem ...
, gold miner
* James Scobie
James Scobie (29 November 1826 – 7 October 1854) was a Scottish gold digger murdered at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. His death was associated with a sequence of events which led to the Eureka Rebellion.
At the later Supreme Court trial in ...
, murdered Scottish gold digger
* John La Gerche, one of Creswick's first foresters
* Ellen Young, poetess
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 6 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 5 from World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and 1 from World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
.[Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery]
CWGC Cemetery Report.
Note
The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.
See also
* Ballaarat New Cemetery
References
External links
Ballarat Old Cemetery
– Billion Graves
Australian cemeteries
*
1856 establishments in Australia
Cemeteries in Victoria (Australia)
Ballarat
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