The Gungahlin Cemetery is a major cemetery in

Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest in ...

, the capital of

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. It is located in

Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory Mitchell (postcode: 2911) is a light-industrial estate of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. Mitchell was named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, an explorer of inland New South Wales and Surveyor-General of Ne ...

. The cemetery opened in 1979. It includes a

natural burial Natural burial is the interment of the body of a dead person in the soil in a manner that does not inhibit decomposition but allows the body to be naturally recycled. It is an alternative to burial methods and funerary customs. The body may be ...

ground and an aboriginal lawn. New cemetery in pipeline for Canberra
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Notable burials

Diane Barwick Diane Elizabeth McEachern Barwick (29 April 1938 – 4 April 1986) was a Canadian-born anthropologist, historian, and Aboriginal-rights activist. She was also a renowned researcher and teacher in the field of Australian Aboriginal culture and so ...

anthropologist, historian * Vice Admiral Henry Burrell * Maisie Carr botanist * Charles and Lee-Lee Chan parents of actor/director Jackie Chan * Sir Edwin William "Ted" Hicks CBE public servant * Sir Edwin McCarthy CBE public servant * Gunther E. Rothenberg military historian *

Vic Skermer Victor John William "Vic" Skermer (1908November 1992) was an Australian public servant. He was Commonwealth Auditor-General between June 1961 and May 1973. Life and career In 1925, Skermer joined the Commonwealth Public Service as a mechanic- ...

CBE public servant * Alan Woods AC public servant *

John Kerin John Charles Kerin (21 November 1937 – 29 March 2023) was an Australian economist and Labor Party politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1993. He held a number of senior ministerial r ...

AO former senior government minister. * Aleksander Tupalski polish ice hockey and football player

References

{{reflist Cemeteries in the Australian Capital Territory Buildings and structures in Canberra Cemeteries established in the 1970s 1979 establishments in Australia