Memorial Park Cemetery also known as Pioneer Cemetery and Old Albany Cemetery is a cemetery located along Middleton Road in the city of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
| Memorial Park Cemetery | |
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 Lower side of Memorial Park Cemetery 2015 | |
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| Details | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 35°01′04″S 117°53′22″E / 35.0178°S 117.8894°E |
| Find a Grave | Memorial Park Cemetery |
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| Official name | Albany Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Type | State Register |
| Designated | 14 February 2003 |
| Reference no. | 15756 |
It was constructed in 1836[1] and is the first consecrated cemetery in Western Australia, gazetted in 1840 as a public burial ground to provide for the needs of a growing community. It was closed as a public cemetery in 1959,[2] with a few burials being held there until 2000 and ashes placed there until 2009. Most burials now being held at Allambie Park Cemetery.[3] It is thought to be the longest serving public cemetery in Western Australia.[1]
The hillside cemetery occupies an area of approximately 2.5 hectares (6 acres) and is divided into demoninational sections containing a total of approximately 5,000 graves.[4] It is composed of two parts, the upper cemetery and the lower cemetery, separated by Middleton Road.[2] Easily accessed by pedestrians the site has a number of mature native and exotic trees and a range of diversity, style and age of memorials and grave fittings on the plots.[1]
Classified by the National Trust in 2000, the cemetery was listed on the permanent register of the Heritage Council of Western Australia in 2003.[1]
Notable burials
edit- Francis Bird
- Henry Camfield
- John Wollaston
- Alexander Collie
- Alexander Cockburn-Campbell
- Spencer family
- Hassell family[2]
- William Grills Knight
- Moir family
- Robert Andrew Muir
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Albany Memorial Park Cemetery". inHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "History of the Memorial Park Cemetery". Albany Cemetery Board. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Albany Cemetery Index". Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Albany Cemetery". Cemetery Curiosities. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2015.