Ballaarat New Cemetery

Ballaarat New Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of Ballarat, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1867.

Ballaarat New Cemetery
Details
Established1867
Location
CountryAustralia
Coordinates37.5313°S 143.8622°E / -37.5313; 143.8622
Size55ha (136 acres)
No. of graves78,000
WebsiteBallaarat New Cemetery
Find a GraveBallaarat New Cemetery
FootnotesBallarat New Cemetery - Billion Graves

Notable Interments

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 56 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 24 from World War I and 32 from World War II.[2]

Note

The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used as on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. BALLARAT (NEW) GENERAL CEMETERY CWGC Cemetery Report.


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