How do I find out where someone is buried in Victoria Australia?
The DHHS Cemetery Search can help you to find the names of cemeteries in a particular area, Searching by suburb or postcode will retrieve a map of the area, with known cemeteries listed. Click on each cemetery to display contact details.
How do I find someone who is buried?
Go online to a burial website dedicated to locating gravestones: BillionGraves.com and FindAGrave.com are the two leading sites for this purpose. Volunteers take photos of gravestones and regularly upload them to both of these sites.
Who was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery?
Prime Ministers Sir Robert Menzies, Sir John Gorton and James Scullin (and a symbolic memorial to Harold Holt) Governor Sir Charles Hotham. Premiers Duncan Gillies, JG Francis, Sir John O’Shanassy, James Service, James Patterson. Burke and Wills – Ill-fated explorers.
Where is Bert Newton buried?
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, AustraliaBert Newton / Place of burial
Are cemeteries open in Victoria?
Our cemeteries and memorial parks are open for essential services including funerals and essential appointments.
What is the oldest cemetery in Melbourne?
Not only has the Queen Victoria Market served the people of Melbourne continuously since at least 1878, it was previously the site of Melbourne’s first official cemetery.
Are there any photos of the original plots of Melbourne General Cemetery?
Photos of any of the original plots is impossible due to newer graves being in that place. Melbourne General Cemetery is a 110 acre necropolis located 2 km north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton. It was established by an act of the New South Wales Parliament in 1850 and the cemetery was opened on the 1st of June 1853.
Melbourne General Cemetery. The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large necropolis located 2 km north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton North. The cemetery was opened on 1 June 1853, and the Old Melbourne Cemetery (on the site of what is now the Queen Victoria Market) was closed the next year.
How do I search for someone buried in the Old Melbourne Cemetery?
The surname of the individual who may have been buried in the Old Melbourne Cemetery between 1866-1917 How do I search? The burial register is organised aphabetically by surname. Click the link below and look for the letter of the alphabet that the surname starts with to find the surname that you are looking for.
How many people have been buried in Victoria’s National Cemetery?
Since its opening, close to a million people have been buried in the cemetery and it is the last resting place for many famous Australians. A number of graves are classified as historically significant by the National Trust. In 1994, Victoria legalised above-ground burials and the first mausoleum in the cemetery was opened in 1998.