Ballaarat New Cemetery

Ballaarat New Cemetery
Details
Established	1867
Location	Ballarat, Victoria
Country	Australia
Coordinates	37.5313°S 143.8622°E / -37.5313; 143.8622
Size	55ha (136 acres)
No. of graves	78,000
Website	Ballaarat New Cemetery
Find a Grave	Ballaarat New Cemetery
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

References

1. "Cemetery Search Results". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. Ballarat (New) General Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.

External links

• Ballarat New Cemetery – Billion Graves
• Ballarat New General Cemetery Australian cemeteries
• Ballaarat New Cemetery at Find a Grave