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Geelong Western Cemetery is a cemetery located on Minerva Road, Herne Hill in the city of
Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...
, Victoria 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 first burial taking place on 12 January 1858. The cemetery was known under various names during its history; New Cemetery, New General Cemetery, Herne Hill Cemetery, Newtown Cemetery. Its original layout was designed by Christopher Porter and its original plantings supplied by Baron von Mueller. The cemetery has important historical associations with many Geelong families and tribal aboriginals of the district.


Notable interments

*
Willem Baa nip Willem Baa Nip (c. 1836–1885) also known as King Billy, Wormebaneep, William Gore or Billy Wa-wha, was a member of the Wadawurrung ( Wathaurung). He was born in about 1836, on the banks of a lagoon believed to be located in central Geelong, near ...
, also known as King Billy * Brigadier Thomas Murdoch, Australian military engineer * William Plain, Victorian MLA and Australian senator * Sid Smith Sr., Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL * William Pritchard Weston, the third Premier of Tasmania


War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 23 Commonwealth service personnel from
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References

{{reflist 1858 establishments in Australia Cemeteries in Victoria (state) Geelong