Mornington Cemetery

Mornington Cemetery
Details
Established	1855
Location	Mount Martha, Victoria
Country	Australia
Coordinates	38°15′22″S 145°01′59″E
Owned by	Mornington Peninsula Cemetery Trust
Website	Mornington Cemetery
Find a Grave	Mornington Cemetery

Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha.[1]

The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt. Martha Cemetery, then the Moorooduc Cemetery. It contains a number of pioneer graves for the district.[2]

Notable Interments

• Sheree Beasley – Murder victim
• Keith Miller AM MBE – Test Cricketer

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 3 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I.[3]

References

1. "Community Services – Cemeteries". Mornington Peninsula Shire.
2. Wilson, Valerie. "A Guide to Pioneer Graves". Mornington & District Historical Society.
3. Mornington Public Cemetery CWGC Cemetery report.

External links

• Mornington Cemetery at Find a Grave
• there-is-no-proof-that-mornington-cemetery-victoria-australia-was-originally-called-the-mount-martha-cemetery
• "Funeral Notice – Henty – using 'Mt Martha Cemetery'". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 709. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
• "Funeral Notice – Henty – using 'Mt Martha Cemetery'". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 22, 123. Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 9 February 2022 – via National Library of Australia.