Cheltenham Cemetery, originally the Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, Cheltenham but known as Woodville Cemetery, was established in 1876 by the Port Adelaide Corporation. Funds were allocated for the cemetery by the South Australian colonial administration in 1874. The first recorded burial was Mrs. Hannah Mussared on 27 Jul 1876. There is an Islamic cemetery located nearby too.

Notable interments and cremations

* Dr

George Bollen Dr George Bollen (12 April 1826 – 22 September 1892) was a homeopathic doctor in the colony of South Australia, a prominent citizen of Mount Barker and Port Adelaide, philanthropist and teetotaller. History Bollen was born in Brighton, Sussex, ...

David Bower (politician) David Bower (11 April 1819 – 6 July 1898) was a South Australian colonial merchant, politician and Commissioner of Public Works. Bower was born at Upper Mill in Saddleworth, Yorkshire. In 1841 he emigrated to the Port Phillip District (now ...

John Carr (Australian politician, born 1871) John Carr (15 July 1871 – 6 June 1929) was a union leader and politician in South Australia. History John Carr, M.L.C., was born at Port Adelaide a son of Thomas Carr, who worked on the wharves and was one of the founders of the Working Men ...

* James Luke (Jim) Cavanagh (1913–1990) * Sarah Francisco *

John Barton Hack John Barton Hack (2 July 1805 – 4 October 1884) was an early settler in South Australia; a prominent farmer, businessman and public figure. He lost his fortune in the financial crisis of 1840 and despite his best efforts, never regained anything ...

* Ruby Florence Hammond (1936–1993) *

Charles Harrison (Australian politician) Charles Albert Harrison (5 February 1915 – 4 June 1986) (nickname Chookey) was an Australian politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliame ...

Joseph Coles Kirby Joseph Coles Kirby (10 June 1837 – 1 August 1924) was an English flour miller who migrated to Sydney, Australia in 1854. In 1864, Kirby was ordained in the Congregational Churches and then ministered to rural and city congregations in Queens ...

* F. N. Le Messurier (1891–1966) *

Ivor MacGillivray Ivor MacGillivray (24 May 1840 – 16 January 1939) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Port Adelaide from 1893 to 1918. He was a member of the United Labor Party until the 1 ...

* Léon Edmond Mazure (1860–1939) *

Adelaide Miethke Adelaide Laetitia "Addie" Miethke, (8 June 1881 – 4 February 1962), was a South Australian educator and teacher who was pivotal in the formation of the School of the Air using the existing Royal Flying Doctor Service radio network. Parents ...

Victor Herbert Ryan The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

(1874–1956) * Frederick Furner Ward (1872–1954) *

Thomas Parking (Tom) Willason Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(1882–1939) * Norah Magdalene Wilson (1901–1971)

References

External links

* * {{Cemeteries in South Australia 1876 establishments in Australia Cemeteries in South Australia Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Australia South Australian Heritage Register