Mornington Cemetery

{{Short description|Cemetery in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia}}

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| established = 1855

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| location = Mount Martha, Victoria

| country = Australia

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| owner = Mornington Peninsula Cemetery Trust

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| website = {{URL|http://www.morningtoncemetery.com/|Mornington Cemetery}}

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Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha.{{cite web|title=Community Services – Cemeteries|url=https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Community-Services/Cemeteries|publisher=Mornington Peninsula Shire}}

The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt. Martha Cemetery, then the Moorooduc Cemetery. It contains a number of pioneer graves for the district.{{cite web|title=A Guide to Pioneer Graves|url=http://www.morningtoncemetery.com/|last1=Wilson|first1=Valerie|publisher=Mornington & District Historical Society}}

Notable Interments

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 3 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I.[https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results/?cemetery=MORNINGTON%20PUBLIC%20CEMETERY Mornington Public Cemetery] CWGC Cemetery report.

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