- Source: Burwood Cemetery
Burwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Burwood, Victoria 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. The site is operated by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, who also manage eighteen other cemeteries and memorial parks around Victoria, 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, philanthropist
John S. Clark, Scottish-born Australian entomologist and myrmecologist
Harold Edward Elliott, soldier and politician
Jim Lawn, Australian rules footballer
Sir Charles Powers, High Court judge
Percival Serle, 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 and forty-six from World War II.
References
Port Phillip Pioneers Group (1998), Burwood cemetery, Victoria : headstones 1858–1998, Macbeth Genealogical Books, ISBN 978-0-947158-69-9
External links
Burwood Cemetery – Billion Graves