Albany Memorial Cemetery - Western Australia
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S 35° 01.045 E 117° 53.282
50H E 581018 N 6124664
Albany's historic Memeorial Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMN1NM
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 12/08/2014
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The Albany Memorial Park Cemetery, the first consecrated cemetery in Western Australia, which dates from initial use as a public burial ground in 1840.The cemetery closed as a public cemetery in 1959 and is now a Memorial Park Cemetery.
The cemetery was composed of two parts, the Lower Cemetery and the Upper Cemetery, divided by Middleton Road.The Memorial Park Cemetery is the final resting-place of approximately 5,000 individuals, although only about 1,100 names are noted on memorials in the cemetery. These people from a wide range of racial and socio-economic backgrounds, and are not only members of local Aboriginal and pioneering families, but also of convict and chinese origin
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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