Ballaarat New Cemetery

Cemetery in Victoria, Australia

37°31′53″S 143°51′44″E / 37.5313°S 143.8622°E / -37.5313; 143.8622Size55ha (136 acres)No. of graves78,000WebsiteBallaarat New CemeteryFind a GraveBallaarat New CemeteryFootnotesBallarat New Cemetery - Billion Graves

Ballaarat New Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of Ballarat, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1867.

Notable Interments

  • James Esmond, gold miner
  • Brother Paul Nunan, educationalist
  • F. W. Commons, monumental mason, and sculptor of many of the headstones in the cemetery[1]

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 56 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 24 from World War I and 32 from World War II.[2]

Note

The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used as on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.

See also

  • Ballaarat Old Cemetery

References

  1. ^ "Cemetery Search Results". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ Ballarat (New) General Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.
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