Warracknabeal Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of
Warracknabeal
Warracknabeal ( ) is a wheatbelt town in the Australian state of Victoria. Situated on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek, 330 km north-west of Melbourne, it is the business and services centre of the northern Wimmera and southern Mallee d ...
, Victoria in
Australia
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. It is a member of the Cemeteries and Cremetoria Association of Victoria, and is located at the south of the town.
History
The cemetery dates back to 1875 when the first burial was performed, interring a stillborn child with the surname Mitchell from the prominent family in the Warracknabeal area.
The first person to be buried in the lawn cemetery was Neil Alexander McQuinn on 1 August 1969.
The Niche wall was built in the succeeding decade. A Remembrance Wall was built in 2013. It consists of plaques with names of people who have lived, or have connections in Warracknabeal but who are not interred at the Warracknabeal Cemetery.
The cemetery is the resting place of many of the town's early pioneers and their descendants. These include members of the Bell, Hewitt, McLean, Mitchell, Müller (Miller), Smith and Symes families.
Warracknabeal Cemetery
– Billion Graves
War graves
The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mi ...
of four Australian service personnel, one from World War I
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and three from World War II
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.[Warracknabeal Public Cemetery]
CWGC Cemetery Report.
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1875 establishments in Australia
Cemeteries in Victoria (state)
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