Ballaarat New Cemetery is a cemetery located in the rural city of Ballarat, Victoria in Australia. The cemetery dates back to 1867.

Notable Interments F. W. Commons, monumental mason, and sculptor of many of the headstones in the cemetery James Esmond, gold miner Brother Paul Nunan, educationalist James Oddie, merchant, banker, landowner, scientist, astronomer, patron of the arts, and philanthropist.

War graves The cemetery contains the war graves of 56 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 24 from World War I and 32 from World War II.Ballarat (New) General Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.

Note The archaic spelling of Ballaarat has been used as on the official Ballaarat General Cemeteries website.

See also Ballaarat Old Cemetery

References

External links Ballarat New Cemetery – Billion Graves Ballarat New General Cemetery Australian cemeteries