Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia)

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Coordinates 35°01′04″S117°53′22″E / 35.0178°S 117.8894°E / -35.0178; 117.8894 (Memorial Park Cemetery) Coordinates: 35°01′04″S117°53′22″E / 35.0178°S 117.8894°E / -35.0178; 117.8894 (Memorial Park Cemetery)
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Memorial Park Cemetery (Albany, Western Australia)
Official nameAlbany Memorial Park Cemetery
TypeState Register
Designated14 February 2003
Reference no. 15756
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Upper side of Memorial Park Cemetery 2015

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.

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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 2.5 hectares (6 acres) 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Albany Memorial Park Cemetery". inHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "History of the Memorial Park Cemetery". Albany Cemetery Board. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. "Albany Cemetery Index". Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. "Albany Cemetery". Cemetery Curiosities. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2015.