Ballaarat New Cemetery Explained

Ballaarat New Cemetery
Established:	1867
Country:	Australia
Location:	Ballarat, Victoria
Coordinates:	-37.5313°N 143.8622°W
Size:	55ha (136 acres)
Graves:	78,000
Website:	Ballaarat New Cemetery
Findagraveid:	2287048
Footnotes:	Ballarat New Cemetery - Billion Graves

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

Notable Interments

• James Esmond, gold miner
• Brother Paul Nunan, educationalist
• F. W. Commons, monumental mason, and sculptor of many of the headstones in the cemetery^[1]

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

• Ballaarat Old Cemetery

External links

• Ballarat New Cemetery – Billion Graves
• Ballarat New General Cemetery Australian cemeteries

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cemetery Search Results . 29 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602064332/http://ballaratcemeteries.com.au/php/details.php?id=92603 . 2 June 2016 . dead .
2. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/13906/BALLARAT%20%28NEW%29%20GENERAL%20CEMETERY Ballarat (New) General Cemetery