Willaston General Cemetery

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| established = 1862

| country = Australia

| location = Willaston, South Australia

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| website = [https://www.gawler.sa.gov.au/services/cemeteries Town of Gawler: Cemeteries – Willaston]

| findagraveid= 2462432

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• [https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/13806/willaston-general-cemetery/ Willaston General Cemetery] CWGC

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The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gawler.sa.gov.au/services/cemeteries|title=Cemetery Information|first=Town of|last=Gawler|date=23 September 2019|website=Town of Gawler Council}} to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49897394 |title=Gawler |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=XXIII |issue=3919 |location=South Australia |date=29 April 1859 |accessdate=21 March 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.

Interments at the cemetery include:from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/search/?scope=all&query=%22Willaston+Cemetery%22&x=0&y=0&rs=

• Ephraim Henry Coombe, (1858–1917) journalist and politician
• Leslie Duncan, (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician
• Walter Duffield, (1816–1882) miller, pastoralist and politician
• Job Harris, (1840–1882) prominently associated with the discovery of gold at the Barossa Goldfields
• James Martin, (1821–1899) manufacturer and politician
• Frederick May, (1840–1897) engineer and manufacturer
• John McKinlay, (1819–1872) explorer
• Esmond Walter New, (1900–1982) Presbyterian minister and air force chaplain