Burwood Cemetery is a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in
Burwood, Victoria
Burwood is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Monash and Whitehorse local government areas. Burwood recorded a population of 15,147 at the 2021 ...
in
Australia. It dates back to 1858, and was originally known as Nunawading General Cemetery. It is known as a resting place of notable figures from
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
. The site is operated by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust,
who also manage eighteen other cemeteries and memorial parks around
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, including
Preston Cemetery,
Fawkner Memorial Park,
Altona Memorial Park and
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery.
Notable interments
*
Frank Cumbrae-Stewart, barrister and university professor
*
Zina Cumbrae-Stewart
Zina Beatrice Selwyn Cumbrae-Stewart (née Hammond) (1868–1956) was a prominent philanthropic volunteer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Early life
Zina Beatrice Selwyn Hammond was born on 30 August 1868 at Brighton, Victoria, the daughter ...
, philanthropist
*
John S. Clark, Scottish-born Australian
entomologist and
myrmecologist
*
Harold Edward Elliott, soldier and politician
*
Sir Charles Powers, High Court judge
*
Percival Serle
Percival Serle (18 July 1871 – 16 December 1951) was an Australian biographer and bibliographer.
Early life
Serle was born in Elsternwick, Victoria to English parents who had migrated as children and for many years worked in a life assurance ...
, historian, biographer, bibliographer
*
F. W. Thring, film-maker and entrepreneur
*
E. W. Tipping, journalist
*
Mervyn Allanson Henry Kelaart, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) cricketer, first class
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of fifty-four Commonwealth service personnel. There are eight 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 forty-six 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 ...
.
[Burwood General Cemetery]
CWGC Cemetery Report.
References
* {{Citation , author1=Port Phillip Pioneers Group , title=Burwood cemetery, Victoria : headstones 1858–1998 , publication-date=1998 , publisher=Macbeth Genealogical Books , isbn=978-0-947158-69-9
External links
Burwood Cemetery– Billion Graves
1857 establishments in Australia
Cemeteries in Melbourne
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Australia
Buildings and structures in the City of Whitehorse