The White Hat Guide to Where some Significant Australians are Buried

A list of some significant Australians and where they are buried.

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The following is a list of some significant Australians and where they are buried.

NAME	DIED	GRAVE	STATE
George Fife Angas	15 May 1859	Angaston -	SA
Henry Ayers		West Terrace - Adelaide	SA
Frederick Baker (Federici)		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	ghost of the Princess Theatre
Sir Redmond Barry		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	judge
Sir Edmund Barton	7 Jan 1920	South Head - Sydney	NSW	politician
John Batman	6 May 1839	Fawkner -	VIC	co-founder of Melbourne
Rolf Boldrewood		Brighton -	VIC	writer
Robert O'Hara Burke		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	explorer
Arthur Calwell		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	politician
William Champ		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	first Premier of Tasmania
Ben Chifley	13 Jun 1951	Bathurst -	NSW	Prime Minister
Caroline Chisholm		Northampton	England
Sir William John Clarke		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
Marcus Clarke		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	writer - author of 'For the Term of his Natural Life'
William Pascoe Crook		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
John Curtin		Karrakatta -	WA	Prime Minister
Arthur Davitt	24 Jan 1860	Eastern Cemetery - Geelong	VIC
Peter Dawson	27 Sep 1961	Rookwood -	NSW	singer
C.J. Dennis	22 Jun 1938	Box Hill -	VIC	writer
Sir James Dickson	10 Jan 1901	Nundah	-
Henry Dumaresq	5 Mar 1838	Muswellbrook	-
James Dunlop	23 Sep 1818	Kincumber churchyard -	NSW
Townsend Dureya	13 Dec 1888	Parkside property - Balranald		photographer
Thomas Elder	6 Mar 1897	Mitcham -	SA
John Pascoe Fawkner		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	co-founder of Melbourne
Rev. John Flynn ('Flynn of the Inland')		Mount Gillen	-
Francis Michael Forde	28 Jan 1983	Toowong	-
Sir John Forrest	3 Sep 1918	Karrakatta -	WA
Mark Foy		South Head - Sydney	NSW
James Galloway		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	8 hours movement
Ernest Giles		Coolgardie -	WA	explorer
S. T. Gill		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	artist
William Gillbee		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	doctor
Duncan Gillies		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Premier of Victoria
Paddy Gleeson		St Barnabas - Clare	SA
Richard Goldsbrough		Boroondara -	VIC
Adam Lindsay Gordon	24 Jun 1870	Brighton -	VIC	poet
Percy Grainger	20 Feb 1961	West Terrace - Adelaide	SA	composer
Aeneas Gunn	16 Mar 1903	Elsey Station -	NT
Louise Hanson-Dyer		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	L'Oiseau Lyre publishing and recordings
Joseph Furphy	13 Sep 1912	Karakatta Cemetery	WA	author
James Harrison	3 Oct 1893	Geelong -	VIC
John Gorton	19 May 2002	Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
Pro Hart		Broken Hill Cemetery	NSW	Painter, inventor
Richard Heales		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Premier of Victoria
Edward Henty		Boroondara -	VIC
Hans Heysen	2 Jul 1968	Hahndorf -		artist
Justice James Higinbotham		Brighton	Vic	Juge, politician
Edmund Charles Hobson	4 Mar 1848	Fawkner -	VIC
Robert Hoddle		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
Harold Holt		body never found - memorial in - Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Prime Minister
Henry Hopwood		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	founder of Echuca
John Ainsworth Horrocks	23 Sep 1846	Penwortham -	SA
Charles Hoskins	14 Feb 1926	Rookwood -	NSW
Charles Hotham		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Governor of Victoria
Jas. Huddart	27 Feb 1901	Boorondarra -	VIC	x
Hamilton Hume	19 Apr 1873	Yass -	NSW	explorer
Sir Isaac Isaacs		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	First Australian-born Governor General
Captain Albert Jacka	17 Jan 1932	St Kilda -	VIC	First Australian VC
David Jones		Rookwood -	NSW
Henry Kendall	1 Aug 1882	Waverley -	NSW
Sidney Kidman	2 Sep 1935	Mitcham -	SA
John King		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	explorer
Peter Lalor		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Eureka Stockade
Henry Lawson	2 Sep 1922	Waverley -	NSW	writer
Barnett Levey	2 Oct 1837	Pioneer Park - Botany	NSW
William Light	6 Oct 1839	Light Square - Adelaide	SA
Walter Lindrum		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	billiards
Norman Lindsay	21 Nov 1969	Springwood -		artist
Carl Linger	16 Feb 1862	West Terrace - Adelaide	SA	composer
William Saurin Lyster		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	opera entrepreneur
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John Henry MacFarland		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Ormond College
Sir Bertram Mackennal	10 Oct 1931	Torquay Cemetery, Devon	England	artist
Alice Maes		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	actress
Douglas Mawson	14 Oct 1958	St Jude Anglican - Brighton	SA	Antarctic explorer
Frederick McCubbin	20 Dec 1917	Brighton	VIC	Painter
Peter McCormick	30 Oct 1916	Rookwood -	NSW	x
Nellie Melba	23 Feb 1931	Lilydale -	VIC	singer
Sir Robert Menzies		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Prime Minister
Mo (Roy Rene)	22 Nov 1954	Rookwood -	NSW	entertainer
General Sir John Monash	8 Oct 1931	Brighton -	VIC	engineer
Isaac Nathan	15 Jan 1864	St. Stephen's - Newtown	NSW	composer
Ned Kelly	11 Nov 1880	Old Melbourne Gaol -	VIC	bushranger
King O'Malley		Lilydale -	VIC	politician (cremated)
Sir John O'Shanassy		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Premier of Victoria
Henry Parkes	27 Apr 1896	Faulconbridge -	NSW	politician
John Price		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
Colonel Tom Price		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC
William Ramsay		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Kiwi shoe polish
Tom Roberts	14 Sep 1931	Illiwarra churchyard -	TAS	artist (cremated)
Steele Rudd	11 Oct 1935	Toowong -	QLD	writer
James Ruse		St John's Catholic - Campbelltown	NSW
James Scullin		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Prime Minister
Robert Barr Smith	20 Nov 1915	Mitcham -	SA
John T. Smith		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Mayor of Melbourne
Brettena Smyth		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	suffragette
Catherine Spence	3 Apr 1910	Brighton - Adelaide	SA
James Stephens		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	8 hours movement
Nellie Stewart		Boroondara -	VIC	singer
Arthur Streeton		Ferntree Gully -	VIC	artsist
John Sulman	18 Aug 1934	Gore Hill - Sydney	NSW	Architect
Robert Torrens		Leusdon Churchyard -	England
James Tyson	4 Dec 1898	St Peter's - Campbelltown	NSW
Grace Vernon-Brockman		Karrakatta -	WA
Ferdinand von Mueller	10 Oct 1896	St Kilda -	VIC	botanist
William Charles Wentworth		Vaucluse House - Sydney	NSW
Hugo Wertheim	11 July 1919	Brighton	VIC	importer, manufacturer
William Wills		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	explorer
Sir Hubert Wilkins	30 November 1958	North Pole		Ashes scattered at North Pole from the submarine U.S.S. Skate
Philip Wirth	29 Aug 1937	North Road Anglican - Collinswood	SA	Circus
Sam Wynn		Melbourne General Cemetery	VIC	Wynnvale Wines
William-Cross Yuille		St Kilda -	VIC	pioneer

 

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