Mornington Cemetery Explained

Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha.^[1]

The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt. Martha Cemetery, then the Moorooduc Cemetery. It contains a number of pioneer graves for the district.^[2]

Notable Interments

• Sheree Beasley – Murder victim
• Keith Miller AM MBE – Test Cricketer

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 3 Commonwealth service personnel from World War I.^[3]

External links

• • there-is-no-proof-that-mornington-cemetery-victoria-australia-was-originally-called-the-mount-martha-cemetery
• News: Funeral Notice – Henty – using 'Mt Martha Cemetery'. . 31,709 . Victoria, Australia . 19 April 1948 . 9 February 2022 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
• News: Funeral Notice – Henty – using 'Mt Martha Cemetery'. . 22,123 . Victoria, Australia . 17 April 1948 . 9 February 2022 . 4 . National Library of Australia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Community Services – Cemeteries. Mornington Peninsula Shire.
2. Web site: A Guide to Pioneer Graves. Wilson. Valerie. Mornington & District Historical Society.
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results/?cemetery=MORNINGTON%20PUBLIC%20CEMETERY Mornington Public Cemetery