Karrakatta Cemetery

View over Karrakatta Cemetery

Tomb of John and Elsie Curtin

Karrakatta Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Karrakatta in Perth , Western Australia . Karrakatta Cemetery was first used for burials in 1899. Managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery is visited by more than one million visitors annually. The cypress trees near the main entrance are the landmark of Karrakatta Cemetery. The cemetery includes a crematorium , and in 1995 the first mausoleum was built in Western Australia's cemetery .

The entrance (known as the Waiting House) includes a structure designed by George Temple Poole.

Personalities

Those buried in Karrakatta Cemetery include:

• William Baldwin , New Zealand politician
• Elsie Curtin , wife of John Curtin
• John Curtin , 14th Prime Minister of Australia
• Sir John Forrest , 1st Prime Minister of Western Australia
• Joseph Furphy , writer
• Dame Alexandra Hasluck , writer and wife of Paul Hasluck
• Sir Paul Hasluck , 17th Governor-General of Australia and politician
• Heath Ledger , actor (urn burial)
• Matthew Locke , soldier (urn burial)
• Paul McGinness , Co-Founder of Qantas Airways
• Monty Miller , unionist
• John Scaddan , 10th Prime Minister of Western Australia
• AO Neville , first Chief Protector of Aborigines

Furthermore, ten bearers of the Victoria Cross are buried or cremated in the Karrakatta Cemetery:

• Thomas Axford
• John Carroll
• Sir Hughie Edwards
• Robert Gee
• James Heather Gordon
• George Julian Howell
• Martin O'Meara
• Clifford Sadlier
• Hugo Throssell
• James Park Woods

War graves

At the end of 2016, the graves of 107 Commonwealth soldiers from World War I and 141 from World War II were located in Karrakatta Cemetery , and a Dutch seaman is buried here as a war victim of the latter; the graves are divided according to the fields assigned to the various denominations in the cemetery.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains a memorial to 15 Australian military personnel - two sailors, nine soldiers and four airmen - who died in World War II and were cremated in Karrakatta. In addition, 7 Australian casualties from the same war - two sailors, four soldiers and an airman - were cremated in Karrakatta, but their ashes were scattered or buried elsewhere. Their names are on the Western Australia Cremation Memorial of the spatially separated Perth War Cemetery.

See also

• East Perth Cemeteries

supporting documents

1. ↑ [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
2. ↑ Karrakatta Cemetery: Rich with heritage ... caring for precious memories ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (brochure). Government of Western Australia, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board.
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Karrakatta Cemetery ( English ) State Heritage Council. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
5. ↑ News and Notes (English) . In: The West Australian , August 1, 1917, p. 6. Retrieved November 19, 2015. 
6. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
7. ↑ Huge Crowd Pays Homage . In: The Daily News , National Library of Australia, July 9, 1945, p. 8. Retrieved August 21, 2014. 
8. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
9. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
10. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
11. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
12. ^ Heath Andrew Ledger (1979-2008) - Find A Grave Memorial . Findagrave.com. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
13. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
14. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
15. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
16. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
17. ↑ Summary Of Record Information ( English ) Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
18. ↑ Vc Burials - Australia - Western Australia ( English ) Victoriacross.org.uk. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
19. ↑ PERTH (Karrakatta) GENERAL CEMETERY ( English ) Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved on February 12, 2015.
20. ↑ [2]
21. ↑ WESTERN AUSTRALIA CREMATION MEMORIAL, PERTH ( English ) Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved on December 13, 2016.