WA Cemeteries

WA Cemeteries

A guide to cemeteries in Perth & environs.

CANNING
- Canning Cemetery see Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery

CLARENCE (City of Cockburn)
- Clarence Burial Ground
Location: South of Fremantle (near Woodman Point)
Status: defunct.
- Memorial erected John Graham Reserve
26 members of the Clarence settlement died in 1830 and were re-interred in Fremantle during September and October 1831.

EAST PERTH
- East Perth Cemeteries
Location: Wittenoom Street, East Perth
Status: closed 1899
Visitors: Sunday 2pm - 4pm
Contact: National Trust
Further research: East Perth Cemeteries https://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.au/

EAST ROCKINGHAM
- East Rockingham Cemetery
(Aka: Rockingham Cemetery)
Location: (Old) Mandurah Road, South of Wellard Road, Baldivis
Status: Open
Contact: Rockingham City Council
1st recorded internment:

Joseph BROUGHTON
Died 13-10-1867
Aged 72 yrs
Arrived Clarence WA
Per Hooghly 13-2-1830
Friends of East Rockingham Cemetery

11 Commonwealth War Graves line the front row.
Further details see list of deaths,
Cremations & Burials Woodman Point Quarantine Station.
Headstone photos available

Name
Died

JL FUGE
12 Dec 1918

Harry Maxwell GEORGE
14 Dec 1918

Marcus John GREEN
13 Dec 1918

Michael Joseph HAGGERTY
13 Dec 1918

Howard Spencer KNOTT
13 Dec 1918

WM LAFFEN
12 Dec 1918

BD Rex McADAM
4 Dec 1918

Clifford Vivian MORRISON
15 Dec 1918

Albert Henry SAYERS
15 Dec 1918

James J TUTTON
12 Dec 1918

James Henry WILLIAMS
14 Dec 1918

FREMANTLE
- Alma St Cemetery (Church of England Cemetery)
Location: Bounded by Alma, Brennan & Stephen Streets.
Status: closed
The burial ground was consecrated in 1831 although proclamation was not until 27th August 1847. The first recorded burial was on the 3rd April 1831 for John Livesay a boatswain who died of Scurvy aged 32. The oldest surviving headstone was of Ann Morrell who died on the 8th Oct 1832, now re-interred at Fremantle Cemetery. The cemetery was closed on 18 December 1895 and was transformed into a park. In 1961 the land became the home of the South Terrace School, which is now known as the Fremantle Primary School. In December 2001 a heritage garden was established and seven headstones were returned to the site.

Name	Died	Age
Phineas FISH	16 Mar 1856	37
Mary HENDERSON	27 Dec 1855	29
George HODGES	25 5 1854	42
William George HODGES	11 Aug 1872	22
John HOGAN	15 Jul 1857	8
Catherine NELSON	31 Oct 1856	6yrs 10mths
Alice WRAY	13 Oct 1851	15mths
Henry WRAY	26 Dec 1855	9mths

- Fremantle Cemetery
Location: Carrington Street Palmyra
Status: Opened 1899, Crematorium opened 1959
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board

- Skinner St Cemetery
Location: Bounded by Skinner, Park, East and Vale Streets.
Status: closed

Dedicated in 1852 and closed on the 1st November 1899. The Roman Catholic section was also known as St Patrick’s Cemetery. The oldest surviving headstone is that of Lieut. Edward Colvin Oakes who died on the 5th Oct 1852. Replaced Alma Street cemetery and catered for other denominations. Between 1931 and 1935 family members removed headstones and railings to the new cemetery in Carrington Street. In December 1935 the Fremantle Council removed a number of headstones to the new cemetery. A few were re-interred at the new cemetery. Many of these headstones line the heritage walk trail at Fremantle Cemetery. During World War II the land was used for temporary accommodation for troops. In 1956 the John Curtin High School was built and the land is now used for recreational purposes

Skinner St Cemetery Convict Built Limestone Wall (Vale Street)
Skinner St Cemetery Memorial Gateway
Skinner St Cemetery Commemorative Plaque (Top)
Skinner St Cemetery Commemorative Plaque (Bottom)

GUILDFORD
- Guildford Cemetery
Location: Kalamunda Road, South Guildford
Status: open
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board

HENLEY BROOK
- All Saints Church
Location: Henry St. Henley Brook (Swan Valley)
Status:
Historic site
Headstone photos available

KARRAKATTA
- Karrakatta Cemetery
Location: Railway Road, Karrakatta (see also Perth War Cemetery)
Status: open
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board, online index available
The first burial was Robert Creighton on the 24 April 1899. The first cremation service was held on the 30 November 1937 and the crematorium was officially opened on the 5 December 1937.

- Perth War Cemetery
Location: Smyth Rd. Karrakatta
Status:
Commonwealth War Graves
The cemetery was established in 1942 for those soldiers who died at the nearby Hollywood Hospital. In 1958 a number of WW1 casualties were relocated to the military cemetery.

- Dutch War Cemetery & Garden of Remembrance
Contact: Office of Australian War Graves

KELMSCOTT
- St Mary's in the Valley (Anglican Church and burial ground)
Location: River Road, Kelmscott
Status: closed

- New Cemetery (John Dunn Memorial Park)
Location: Third Ave, Kelmscott
Status: closed

KENWICK
- Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery
(Aka: Canning Cemetery)
Location: Albany Hwy, North of McIntyre Way, Kenwick (City of Gosnells)
Status: closed 27 July 2001
Contact: City of Gosnells
Headstone photos available

A memorial erected to the McIntosh family who were buried at Kenwick cemetery has been erected at Mason's Landing Cannington.
Earliest surviving headstones date from 1860, a fire at the Roads Board in 1928 destroyed burial records.
Further research: Historic Sites in the City of Gosnells; Kenwick Pioneer Cemetery by Margaret Lefevre.

MIDDLE SWAN
- St Mary's Anglican Church
Location: Yule Ave, Middle Swan
Status:

MIDLAND
- Midland Cemetery
Location: Blanchard Road, Swan View
Status: Open
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board

MUNDARING
- Mundaring Cemetery
Location: Yarri Grove, near Great Eastern Hwy, Mundaring
Status: Open
Contact: Shire of Mundaring
Headstone photos available

PERTH
- Perth War Cemetery see Karrakatta and East Perth

PINNAROO VALLEY MEMORIAL PARK
Location: Off Whitfords Ave, Padbury
Status: Open
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board

ROCKINGHAM
see East Rockingham Cemetery

- Rockingham Regional Memorial Park
Location: Millar Road, Baldivis
Status: Due to open in 2007
Contact: Metropolitan Cemetery Board

SUBIACO
- Subiaco General Cemetery
(Aka: Jolimont Cemetery)
Location: South of Hay Street and East of Jersey Street, bounded by the Railway line. Reserve 2852
Status: Closed March 1897, remains exhumed and re-interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in 1906
After the construction of a tent hospital at Subiaco in April 1893 an area was set aside for burials. The hospital treated patients with highly contagious infectious diseases including smallpox and typhoid fever. Two small burial areas were identified and proclaimed.
Reserve 6845: corner of Hay & Jersey Streets. Today the park is known as Dom Serra Grove.
Reserve A4566: South east of Hay Street and west of the Railway reserve. Gazetted an A class reserve on the 8 October 1897 and closed by an Act of Parliament on the 15 September 1925.

- Dom Serra Grove (Memorial Plaque)
The olive grove which surrounds this plaque commemorates the 1500th Anniversary of the birth of Saint Benedict anno Domini 480 and acknowledges that the City of Subiaco Western Australia derived its name from the monastery established in the neighbourhood in the year 1851 by the Most Reverend Joseph Serra OSB.

WOODMAN POINT
- Woodman Point Quarantine Station Cemeteries
Location: O'Kane Court, Munster (City of Cockburn)
Status: closed
A portion of Woodman Point was set aside as a burial ground for patients who died as a result of infectious diseases. The first burial was held on 21 April 1893 for William Miller a victim of smallpox. Two separate burial areas have been identified, including three lonely graves one of which is a Commonwealth War Grave
Headstone photos are available of the Commonwealth War graves which are now located at other cemeteries.

Further research:
'The Hidden Community: Woodman Point Quarantine Station' (2005)
by Gail Dodd, APHA, MICOMOS

WOOROLOO
- Wooroloo Cemetery
Location: Off Linley Valley Road, Wooroloo
Status: Open

Further research:
Headstone inscriptions for most Western Australian Cemeteries have been transcribed and are available on a series of microfiche.
For more information regarding defunct and closed cemeteries consult the publications written by Yvonne & Kevin Coate:
                         Lonely Graves of Western Australia,
                         More Lonely Graves of Western Australia,
                         Western Australian Burial Location Index