Willaston General Cemetery Explained

Willaston General Cemetery
Established:	1862
Country:	Australia
Location:	Willaston, South Australia
Coordinates:	-34.578°N 138.7417°W
Website:	Town of Gawler: Cemeteries – Willaston
Findagraveid:	2462432
Footnotes:	Willaston General Cemetery CWGC

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

External links

• Willaston Cemetery burial register

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cemetery Information. Town of. Gawler. 23 September 2019. Town of Gawler Council.
2. News: Gawler . . XXIII . 3919 . South Australia . 29 April 1859 . 21 March 2018 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
3. from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/search/?scope=all&query=%22Willaston+Cemetery%22&x=0&y=0&rs=