The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866.[1] to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s,[2] with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.[1]
Interments at the cemetery include:[3]
- Ephraim Henry Coombe, (1858–1917) journalist and politician
- Leslie Duncan, (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician
- Walter Duffield, (1816–1882) miller, pastoralist and politician
- Job Harris, (1840–1882) prominently associated with the discovery of gold at the Barossa Goldfields
- James Martin, (1821–1899) manufacturer and politician
- Frederick May, (1840–1897) engineer and manufacturer
- John McKinlay, (1819–1872) explorer
- Esmond Walter New, (1900–1982) Presbyterian minister and air force chaplain
References
- ^ a b Gawler, Town of (23 September 2019). "Cemetery Information". Town of Gawler Council.
- ^ "Gawler". South Australian Register. Vol. XXIII, no. 3919. South Australia. 29 April 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ from http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/search/?scope=all&query=%22Willaston+Cemetery%22&x=0&y=0&rs=
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