| Springvale Botanical Cemetery | |
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 Springvale Botanical Cemetery's Princes Highway entrance. | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1901 |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°56′33″S145°10′32″E / 37.94250°S 145.17556°E |
| Website | Springvale Botanical Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Springvale Botanical Cemetery |
The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia, located in the southeastern Melbourne suburb of Springvale.
Originally known as The Necropolis Springvale, the cemetery commenced operations in 1901. [1] Between 1904 and 1952 it was served by its own railway branch line and station, by which coffins, passengers and staff were conveyed to the cemetery. [2] [3] The first cremation took place at Springvale in April 1905. [4] According to the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, here have been approximately 473,000 cremations and 162,000 burials at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery. [5]
In 2006, the cemetery was renamed the Springvale Botanical Cemetery to reflect its increasing botanical significance, which includes original plantings of two bunya pines, palms and gums. [3] It is now administered by the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, which manages nine cemeteries in all, including the Melbourne General Cemetery, St Kilda Cemetery and Dandenong Community Cemetery. [6]
The Botanical Cemetery contains the war graves of 146 Commonwealth service personnel, nearly 50 from World War I and nearly 100 from World War II. [7] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorates 67 Commonwealth service personnel cremated at Springvale Crematorium whose ashes remain here. [8]
Within two acres of the Botanical Cemetery, beyond the crematorium, lies the CWGC's Springvale War Cemetery, created in World War II, where are buried 607 Commonwealth service personnel and 4 Dutch personnel. It contains a Cross of Sacrifice unveiled in 1948. [9] In the form of bronze plaques on the rear wall of the shelter behind the Cross is the Victoria Cremation Memorial to 75 Commonwealth service personnel cremated within the State of Victoria whose ashes were laid where a memorial could not be sited. [10]
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