| Willaston General Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1862 |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°34′41″S138°44′30″E / 34.57799°S 138.74172°E |
| Website | Town of Gawler: Cemeteries – Willaston |
| Find a Grave | Willaston General Cemetery |
| Footnotes | |
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