| 词条 | Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia) |
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Memorial Park Cemetery also known as Pioneer Cemetery and Old Albany Cemetery is a cemetery located along Middleton Road in the city of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It was constructed in 1836[1] and is the first consecrated cemetery in Western Australia, gazetted in 1840 as a public burial ground to provide for the needs of a growing community. It was closed as a public cemetery in 1959,[2] with a few burials being held there until 2000 and ashes placed there until 2009. Most burials now being held at Allambie Park Cemetery.[3] It is thought to be the longest serving public cemetery in Western Australia.[1] The hillside cemetery occupies an area of approximately {{convert|2.5|ha|acre|0}} and is divided into demoninational sections containing a total of approximately 5,000 graves.[4] It is composed of two parts, the upper cemetery and the lower cemetery, separated by Middleton Road.[2] Easily accessed by pedestrians the site has a number of mature native and exotic trees and a range of diversity, style and age of memorials and grave fittings on the plots.[1] Classified by the National Trust in 2000, the cemetery was listed on the permanent register of the Heritage Council of Western Australia in 2003.[1] Notable burials
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References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/038fc130-3c8f-4180-8295-7c8510a23e35|title=Albany Memorial Park Cemetery|work=inHerit|accessdate=4 September 2015|date=8 February 2015|publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia}} {{coord|35.0178|S|117.8894|E|display=title}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.albanycemeteryboard.com.au/history.php|title=History of the Memorial Park Cemetery|accessdate=3 September 2015|year=2009|publisher=Albany Cemetery Board}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://membership.wags.org.au/members-data/cemetery-data/albany-cemetery-index|title=Albany Cemetery Index|accessdate=4 September 2015|date=20 July 2014|publisher=Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://cemeterycuriosities.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/albany-cemetery.html|title=Albany Cemetery|accessdate=4 September 2015|date=8 January 2010|work=Cemetery Curiosities}} 4 : Heritage places in Albany, Western Australia|Cemeteries in Western Australia|Middleton Road, Albany|1836 establishments in Australia |
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