Geelong Eastern Cemetery Explained
Geelong Eastern Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Geelong, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1839.
141 Ormond Road, The Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]
Notable interments
- Thomas Austin, member of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria
- Percy Ellingsen, Australian Rules footballer
- James Harrison, engineer and politician
- Howard Hitchcock, organised construction of the Great Ocean Road
- Bervin Ellis Purnell, Mayor of Geelong
- Bransby Cooper, Cricketer – Played in the first ever Test Match
- Anne Drysdale, from whom Drysdale, Victoria, is named
- Caroline Elizabeth Newcomb, woman pioneer squatter, partner of Anne Drysdale
- Catherine McDonald née Potaskie, first European born in Tasmania
- Robert Beauchamp, Australasian Mission President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the earliest LDS missionaries to New Zealand
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 45 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 9 from World War I and 36 from World War II.[2]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Eastern Cemetery Gatehouse (H1170) . . . 4 July 2014.
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/13966/GEELONG%20EASTERN%20CEMETERY Geelong Eastern Cemetery
