Melbourne General Cemetery
Aerial view of Melbourne General Cemetery, looking north.
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| Established | 1852 |
| Location | Carlton North, Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Size | 43 hectares (110 acres) |
| Website | Melbourne General Cemetery (Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust) |
| Find a Grave | Melbourne General Cemetery |
The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large (43 hectare) necropolis located 2 km (1.2 mi) north of the city of Melbourne in the suburb of Carlton North.
The cemetery is notably the resting place of four Prime Ministers of Australia, more than any other necropolis within Australia. Former Prime Minister Harold Holt's headstone is a memorial as his remains have never been discovered.
The cemetery was established in 1852 and opened on 1 June 1853, and the Old Melbourne Cemetery (on the site of what is now the Queen Victoria Market) was closed the next year.
The grounds feature several heritage buildings, many in bluestone, including a couple of chapels and a number of cast iron pavilions. The gatehouses are particularly notable.
The tomb of famous Australian explorers Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills (see Burke and Wills expedition) is also located in the cemetery, with an inscription reading "Comrades in a great achievement and companions in death."
Also buried here is Sir Isaac Isaacs, the first Australian-born Governor General and John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne.
Peter Lalor leader of the was buried there in 1889.
Walter Lindrum, a prodigious billiards player, has a distinctive tombstone in the shape of a billiard table.
Boxing champion "Gentleman Jack" John Reid McGowan is buried in the northern Roman Catholic section.
Patrick Hannan, who was the discoverer of gold at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia has a memorial in the northern part of the Cemetery.
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