Boroondara Cemetery

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Boorondara Cemetery was established in December 1858 and was the first landscaped cemetery in Australia. The first burial took place on 12 March 1859. The cemetery is divided into sections allocated to various religions with size of sections being determined by local population ratio gained from the 1857 Census.


Kathleen Gervasoni was involved with transcribing tombstone inscriptions at Boorondara Cemetery during the 1970s, and armed her three daughters with chalk to assist in the process.


The following people had a connection to the Eureka Stockade and are buried at Boorondara:

William Henry Archer, died 29 April 1909 (IRC C 901)

James Bentley, died 10 April 1873

Graham Berry, died 1904

Patrick Callinan, died 1902

Edmund Duggan, died 02 August 1938

Isaac Hayward, died 16 November 1905

Samuel Huyghue, died 24 July 1891 (CofE C 315)

Robert Molesworth, died 18 October 1890

Francis Murphy

William Rodier

James Tappin