The Woden Cemetery is the main cemetery in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

, the capital of

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. It is located adjacent to the

Woden Town Centre Woden Town Centre is the main commercial centre of the district of Woden Valley in Canberra, Australia. It is located in the Canberra suburb of Phillip, Australian Capital Territory, Phillip. The town centre has a variety of shops and amenities, ...

. The cemetery opened in 1936 as the Canberra General Cemetery. It closed for burials in 1979, but was re-opened in March 1999. Memorial gardens were opened in 1992, and the Christ the Redeemer Mausoleum, for burial in above-ground vaults, was completed in 2001. The cemetery is nearing capacity; it was announced in February 2009 that it would be full in about 10 years, necessitating the construction of a third cemetery to service the city.New cemetery in pipeline for Canberra
ABC news

Notable burials

Ernest Albert Corey Ernest Albert Corey, Military Medal, MM & Medal bar, Three Bars (20 December 1891 – 25 August 1972) was a distinguished Australian soldier who served as a stretcher bearer during the First World War. He enlisted in the First Australian Imperi ...

distinguished Australian soldier * John Linton Treloar OBE, museum administrator *

Lewis Nott Lewis Windermere Nott (12 February 1886 – 27 October 1951) was an Australian politician, medical practitioner and hospital superintendent. He represented two federal electorates, more than and 21 years apart. Early life and war service ...

politician *

Francis Patrick Dwyer Francis Patrick John Dwyer FAA (3 December 1910 – 22 June 1962) was Professor of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra. He was one of the most distinguished scientists Australia has produced. At the time of his death in 1962 he ...

distinguished scientist *

Gordon Upton Gordon Noel Upton (24 December 192023 February 2010) was an Australian public servant and diplomat. He served as Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (1965–70), Fiji (1976–1979) and India (1979–1984). While Upton was posted to India, a ...

AO diplomat *

George Knowles Sir George Shaw Knowles (14 March 188222 November 1947) was an Australian public servant and diplomat. He served as departmental secretary of the Attorney-General's Department from 1932 to 1946, and was then the inaugural Australian High Com ...

CBE diplomat *

Robert Strachan Wallace Sir Robert Strachan Wallace (1 August 1882 – 5 September 1961) was an Australian academic, army officer and film censor. Wallace served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1928 to 1947. He was Australia's chief censor from 1 ...

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney *

Herbert Vere Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and ...

Federal Leader of the

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, Justice of the Australian High Court, Chief Justice of

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and President of the

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War graves

It contains the war graves of 30 Australian service personnel of

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– 10 soldiers and 20 airmen.Canberra (Woden) Public Cemetery
CWGC Cemetery Report.

References

{{reflist Cemeteries in the Australian Capital Territory Landmarks in Canberra Australian Capital Territory Heritage Register