Guildford Cemetery is a cemetery in the southern part of

South Guildford, Western Australia South Guildford is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan local government area. Transport South Guildford is served by Transperth bus routes 290 and 291, operating between Redcliffe railway station and Midland rai ...

, located between the

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and

Kalamunda Road Kalamunda Road is a minor arterial road linking the historic suburb of South Guildford with the Darling Scarp suburb of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia. It serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills su ...

adjacent to the

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. An earlier cemetery in Guildford was established early in the history of the

Swan River Colony The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it ...

in James Street; some headstones were moved to Guildford Cemetery when it was established. Burials also occurred in the churchyard in what is now Stirling Square. In 1888 it was decided that the present cemetery site, which was already in some use at that time, should be used for all future burials. A year later, the church was asking for donations to help maintain the cemetery. In 1937 a new management board was established, to broaden the responsibility for the cemetery from the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Wesleyan churches to also include the Salvation Army and the three local road boards (

Swan Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...

, Bassendean, and Belmont and Darling). It is currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Burial lists up to 1998 are available from the Cemeteries Board and are viewable at

Battye Library The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, ...

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* * {{official website Cemeteries in Western Australia Guildford, Western Australia State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Swan 1888 establishments in Australia

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