Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia

Guilford Cemetery
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Location Guildford, Western Australia
Country Australia
Coordinates 31°55′06″S 115°58′41″E / 31.9182°S 115.978°ECoordinates: 31°55′06″S 115°58′41″E / 31.9182°S 115.978°E
Owned by Metropolitan Cemeteries Board

Guildford Cemetery is a cemetery in the southern part of Guildford, Western Australia[1] located between the Great Eastern Highway Bypass and Kalamunda Road adjacent to the Perth Airport.[2]

An earlier cemetery in Guildford was established early in the history of the Swan River Colony in James Street, some headstones were moved to Guildford Cemetery when it was established.

In the 1937 it had its own board during a time of renovation,[3] it is currently managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board [4]

Burial lists up to 1998 are available from the Cemeteries Board [5] and are viewable at Battye Library

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References

  1. Note that there is a locality South Guildford
  2. Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (1999), Kalamunda Road realignment, Guildford Cemetery, South Guildford : Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, The Authority, ISBN 978-0-7309-8137-4
  3. "GUILDFORD CEMETERY.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 30 June 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/OurCemeteries/Guildford.aspx
  5. Western Australia. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (1998), Alpha index for Karrakatta, Pinnaroo, Midland and Guildford as at 15.05.98, The Board, retrieved 26 January 2012