Ballaarat Old Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of

Ballarat, Victoria Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Within months of Vic ...

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. 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 John Basson Humffray (17 April 1824 – 18 March 1891) was a leading advocate in the movement of miner reform process in the British colony of Victoria, and later a member of parliament. Humffray was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wale ...

, politician * William James McAdam, politician *

Alfred Ronalds Alfred Ronalds (10 July 180223 April 1860) was an English author, artisan and Australian pioneer, best known for his book ''The Fly-fisher's Entomology''. Life and family Early years He was born at No 1 Highbury Terrace, Highbury, the eleventh ch ...

, 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 History of Victoria, Colony of Victoria, now the state of Victoria (Australia), Victor ...

, 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 opposin ...

.Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery
CWGC Cemetery Report.

Note

The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.

References

External links

Ballarat Old Cemetery
– Billion Graves

Australian cemeteries * 1856 establishments in Australia Cemeteries in Victoria (Australia) Ballarat {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub

Notable interments

War graves

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See also

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