Geelong Eastern Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Victoria, Australia}}
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| established = 1839
| country = Australia
| location = East Geelong, Victoria
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| interments = >70,000
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| website = [http://www.gct.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=43 Geelong Eastern Cemetery]
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Geelong Eastern Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Geelong, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1839.
141 Ormond Road, The Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.{{cite web | url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/1925 | title=Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse (H1170) | publisher=Heritage Victoria | work=Victorian Heritage Register | access-date=4 July 2014}}
Notable interments
- Thomas Austin, member of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria
- Percy Ellingsen, Australian Rules footballer
- James Harrison, engineer and politician
- Howard Hitchcock, organised construction of the Great Ocean Road
- Bervin Ellis Purnell, Mayor of Geelong
- Bransby Cooper, Cricketer – Played in the first ever Test Match
- Anne Drysdale, from whom Drysdale, Victoria, is named
- Caroline Elizabeth Newcomb, woman pioneer squatter, partner of Anne Drysdale
- Catherine McDonald née Potaskie, first European born in Tasmania
- Robert Beauchamp, Australasian Mission President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the earliest LDS missionaries to New Zealand
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 45 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 9 from World War I and 36 from World War II.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/13966/GEELONG%20EASTERN%20CEMETERY Geelong Eastern Cemetery] CWGC Cemetery Report.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
- [http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemeteries/Geelong-Eastern-Cemetery/148978 Geelong Eastern Cemetery] – Billion Graves
- [http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/greater_geelong/eastgeelong.htm Geelong Eastern Public Cemetery] Australian cemeteries
Category:1839 establishments in Australia