St Kilda Cemetery covers a large block bordered by Dandenong Road, Hotham Street, Alma Road and Alexandra Street. It is bounded by a historic wall and contains many Victorian era graves. The cemetery is the resting place of Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia, five Premiers of Victoria, and Albert Jacka VC, MC, barrister and Mayor of St Kilda (1930).
The cemetery contains the war graves of 20 Commonwealth service personnel, including 4 from World War I and 16 from World War II.[1]
Referencesedit
^St. Kilda General Cemetery, Victoria CWGC Cemetery report.
External linksedit
St Kilda Cemetery (Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust)
Friends of St Kilda Cemetery
St Kilda Cemetery – Billion Graves
January 01, 1970
kilda, cemetery, located, melbourne, suburb, kilda, east, victoria, detailsestablished1851locationdandenong, road, kilda, east, victoriacountryaustraliacoordinates37, 861065, 002362, 861065, 002362size18, acres, interments53, 000website, southern, metropolitan. St Kilda Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East Victoria St Kilda CemeteryDetailsEstablished1851LocationDandenong Road St Kilda East VictoriaCountryAustraliaCoordinates37 51 40 S 145 00 09 E 37 861065 S 145 002362 E 37 861065 145 002362Size18 acres 7 3 ha No of interments53 000WebsiteSt Kilda Cemetery Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Find a GraveSt Kilda Cemetery Contents 1 History 2 Notable interments 3 War graves 4 References 5 External linksHistory editSt Kilda Cemetery covers a large block bordered by Dandenong Road Hotham Street Alma Road and Alexandra Street It is bounded by a historic wall and contains many Victorian era graves The cemetery is the resting place of Alfred Deakin the second Prime Minister of Australia five Premiers of Victoria and Albert Jacka VC MC barrister and Mayor of St Kilda 1930 Notable interments edit nbsp The grave of Albert Jacka in St Kilda cemetery David Andrade anarchist Tilly Aston founder of the Melbourne Braille Library Harold Breen senior public servant Norman Brookes tennis player Archibald Campbell ornithologist Alfred Deakin Prime Minister Michael Gudinski Promoter Mary McKenzie Finlay WWI matron Edmund FitzGibbon planner civil servant pioneer of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Caroline Hodgson Madame Brussels Jessica Jacobs actress Albert Jacka VC soldier and councillor James Lorimer shipping magnate politician Christina Macpherson composer Ferdinand von Mueller botanist William Pitt architect Premiers of Victoria William Haines Bryan O Loghlen George Kerferd James Munro George Turner Hugh Ramsay artist Robert Rede Eureka Uprising identity commissioner sheriff Frederick Sargood merchant and senator John Shillinglaw historian Monckton Synnot squatter merchant Gyles Turner historianWar graves editThe cemetery contains the war graves of 20 Commonwealth service personnel including 4 from World War I and 16 from World War II 1 References edit St Kilda General Cemetery Victoria CWGC Cemetery report External links editSt Kilda Cemetery Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Friends of St Kilda Cemetery St Kilda Cemetery Billion Graves Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Kilda Cemetery amp oldid 1142375292, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
