Ballaarat Old Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australi ...
in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. The cemetery dates back to 1856, although records show burials took place in the area from the late 1840s.
Ballaarat Old Cemetery
- official website
Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British administration of the Victoria (Australia)#Colonial Victoria, colony of Victoria, History of Au ...
memorials to soldiers and miners are located in this cemetery.
Notable interments
* John Basson Humffray
John Basson Humffray (17 April 1824 – 18 March 1891) was a leading advocate in the movement of miner reform process in the British colony of Victoria, and a member of parliament.
Humffray was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He ...
, politician
* William James McAdam, politician
* Alfred Ronalds
Alfred Ronalds (10 July 180223 April 1860) was an English author, artisan, and Australian pioneer, best known for his book '' The Fly-fisher's Entomology''.
Life and family
Early years
He was born at No. 1 Highbury Terrace, Highbury, the eleven ...
, fly fishing author and artisan
* Captain Henry Ross
Henry Ross (1829 – 5 December 1854) was a Canadian-Australian gold miner who died in the Eureka Rebellion at the Ballarat gold fields in the British Colony of Victoria, now the state of Victoria in Australia. Ross is particularly re ...
, gold miner
* James Scobie, murdered Scottish gold digger
* John La Gerche, one of Creswick's first foresters
* Ellen Young, poet
* Mary Anne Merson, suffragist and temperance advocate
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of six Commonwealth service personnel. There are five from World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
and one from World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.[Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery]
CWGC Cemetery Report.
Note
The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.
See also
* Ballaarat New Cemetery
References
External links
Ballarat Old Cemetery
– Billion Graves
Australian cemeteries
*
1856 establishments in Australia
Cemeteries in Victoria (state)
Ballarat
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