Willaston General Cemetery
Details
Established1862
Location
CountryAustralia
Coordinates34°34′41″S 138°44′30″E / 34.57799°S 138.74172°E / -34.57799; 138.74172
WebsiteTown of Gawler: Cemeteries – Willaston
Find a GraveWillaston General Cemetery
Footnotes

The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866.[1] to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s,[2] with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.[1]

Interments at the cemetery include:[3]

  • 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

References

  1. 1 2 Gawler, Town of (23 September 2019). "Cemetery Information". Town of Gawler Council.
  2. "Gawler". South Australian Register. Vol. XXIII, no. 3919. South Australia. 29 April 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  3. from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/search/?scope=all&query=%22Willaston+Cemetery%22&x=0&y=0&rs=
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