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Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park

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History
Management
Interments
War Graves
References
External links

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Fawkner Memorial Park is located in the north-western Melbourne suburb of Hadfield, Victoria close to Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest cemetery by land size in the state.

Merlynston Creek, a tributary of Merri Creek, is a major geographical feature running through both Fawkner Cemetery and the Northern Memorial Park.

History

In 1906, the Municipal Cemetery, Fawkner (as it was then called) opened to meet the needs of the north west. The cemetery was designed and run by Charles Heath, a surveyor and architect. The first burial took place on 10 December 1906. This was considered to be the unofficial opening of the cemetery. The funeral was conducted by John Allison from Sydney Road. The cemetery was adjacent to Fawkner railway station on the Upfield line, with special trains carrying the deceased to the cemetery from 1906 to 1939.^[1]

Management

They operate over multiple cemetery sites. The fourth site, Plenty Valley Memorial Park is yet to be established:

• Coburg Pine Ridge – Est 1856

– 10 hectares (25 acres)

• Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park

– Est 1906

– 113 hectares (282 acres)

• Northern Memorial Park – Est 1986

– 94 hectares (235 acres)

• Plenty Valley Memorial Park – Yet to be established

– 83 hectares (208 acres)

Together, the four memorial parks total an area of 300 hectares or {{convert|750|acre|km2}} of land.

Management has since been reorganised as the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.^[2]

Interments

Lilian Alexander (1861–1934), pioneering surgeon
John Barrett (1858–1928), Senator
John Batman (1801–1839), pioneer, one of the founders of Melbourne
Kathleen Best (1910–1957), founder of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
Thomas Blamey (1884–1951), Field Marshal (cremated)
Deirdre Cash (1924–1963), novelist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "Criena Rohan"
George Ward Cole (1793–1879), pioneer
Revel Cooper (c.1934–1983), Nyoongar artist
Charles Dight (1813–1852), pioneer
Alphonse Gangitano (1957–1998), underworld identity
James Henry Gardiner (1848–1921), North Melbourne Football Club founder and administrator
Pinchas Goldhar (1901–1947), writer
Henry Gregory (1860–1940), WA politician
Edward Harrington (1895–1966), writer
Sybil Irving (1897–1973), army officer, founder of the Australian Women's Army Service
Donald Alaster Macdonald (1859–1932), nature writer, conservationist
Kylie Maybury (1978–1984), murder victim
Charlie Mutton (1890–1989), Labor politician
Laurie Nash (1910–1986), footballer and Test cricketer
Jack Patten (1905–1957), Koori activist, leader, writer
Marie Pitt (1869–1948), journalist
James Quinn (1853–1934), finder of Ireland's famous Ardagh Chalice also known as the Ardagh Hoard
Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), underworld identity and writer
Alice Ross-King (1891–1968), nurse in both world wars, "Australia's most decorated female"^[3]
Bernard Rubin (1896–1936), first Australian winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans and member of the Bentley Boys
William Ruthven VC (1893–1970), soldier, politician
Isaac Selby (1859–1956), historian
Ernie Shepherd (1901–1958), Labor politician
Issy Smith VC (1890–1940), soldier, born Ishroulch Shmeilowitz
Ethel Spowers (1890–1947), artist
Lyra Taylor (1894–1979), pioneering social worker
Alfred Tipper (1867–1944), outsider artist, showman, cyclist
Frank Traynor (1927–1985), jazz musician

War Graves

Fawkner Memorial Park contains the war graves of 173 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I and World War II.^[4]

In addition Fawkner Crematorium has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to 28 Australian service personnel of World War II – 23 soldiers, 4 airmen and one naval officer – who were cremated there.^[5] They included Elwyn Roy King (1894–1941) who had been a fighter ace in World War I.^[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gmct.com.au/our-locations/fawkner-memorial-park.aspx|title=Restored Mortuary Carriage|publisher=fcmp.com.au|accessdate=22 January 2015}}
2. ^Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Website
3. ^{{cite web|title=Alice Ross-King|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ross-king-alice-8276|website=Australian Dictionary Biography}}
4. ^FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY CWGC Cemetery Report
5. ^FAWKNER CREMATORIUM CWGC Cemetery Report
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2774398/KING,%20ELWYN%20ROY|title=King, Elwyn Roy|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|accessdate=4 January 2014}}

External links

Fawkner Memorial Park – Billion Graves
{{Worldcat id|viaf-144777731}}

3 : 1906 establishments in Australia|Cemeteries in Victoria (Australia)|Crematoria in Australia

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