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Established | 1851 |
Location | St Kilda East, Victoria |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 37°51′40″S 145°00′09″E / 37.861065°S 145.002362°ECoordinates: 37°51′40″S 145°00′09″E / 37.861065°S 145.002362°E |
Size | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
No. of interments | 53,000 |
Website | St Kilda Cemetery (Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust) |
Find a Grave | St Kilda Cemetery |
St Kilda Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East, Victoria.
St Kilda Cemetery covers a large block bordered by Dandenong Road, Hotham Street, Alma Road and Alexandra Street. It is bounded by a historic wall and contains many Victorian era graves. The cemetery is the resting place of Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia, and Albert Jacka VC, MC, barrister and Mayor of St Kilda (1930).
The cemetery contains the war graves of 20 Commonwealth service personnel, including 4 from World War I and 16 from World War II.