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AUSTRALIA

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc.
     Represents researchers living in Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia as well as Western Australia (which is Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of Western Australia, Inc.) 
    Contact information at: http://iajgs.org/members/members.html

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Victoria), Inc.
   Contact information at: http://iajgs.org/members/members.html

Australian Jewish Historical Society
   166 Castlereagh Street
   Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Website: http://www.ajhs.info

Australian Jewish Historical Society Inc  [NSW]
    Mandelbaum House
    385 Abercrombie St.
    Darlington 2008
    Website: http://www.ajhs.info/NSW

Australian Jewish Historical Society (Victoria) Inc.
   P.O. Box 8420, Armadale, Victoria 3143
   Website: http://www.ajhs.info/Victoria/

 The Australian Jewish Historical Society - Victoria Inc. has lists of inscriptions from Jewish gravestones from the various cemeteries (as at August 1993). Source: GARY LUKE.

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Jewish Australia websites:
http://www.haruth.com/JewsAustralia.html [November 2000]
http://www.kosherdelight.com/Australia.htm [March 2005]
Australian Synagogues:
http://www.jewishaustralia.com/prayer.htm
http://www.join.org.au/synagogue/synagog.htm [December 2000]
Also click on Australia at http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_asia.html [August 2005]


MILITARY BURIALS

     The Australia Jewish Historical Society (see above) also has information on Jewish Soldiers buried in Australian and overseas cemeteries maintained by the Australian War Graves Commission. There is information for WWI, WWII and post-war burials. Information may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary, Mrs. Beverley Davis, P.O. Box 255, Camberwell, Victoria 3124 about various burials in various cities. Please include 3 international reply coupons when requesting information.
     Records are also held by the Australian Jewish Historical Society (Victoria) of post-war burials of Jewish ex-service men and women in graves maintained by the Australian War Graves Commission in cemeteries throughout Australia. 2 other sources of possible help: Australian Jewish Historical Society - NSW and Australian Jewish Genealogy Society. Source: Gary Luke, e-mail: garyluke@zeta.org.au

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:   http://www.cwgc.org/
      "The Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917 ... to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead." Name searchable from the site. [March 2002]

Office of Australian War Graves Canadian Agency

PO Box 21
Woden
ACT 2606
Australia
Tel: (02) 6289 6477
Fax: (02) 6289 4861
E-mail: Wargraves@dva.gov.au
Director: Air Vice Marshal Gary Beck AO

www.bd-bd.info (see below) includes Australian Jewish War Graves in all countries. [July 2008]

THE CEMETERIES

http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/ has links to Australian cemeteries, most of which are not Jewish cemeteries. [December 2004]

www.bd-bd.info is the online version of the Beverley Davis Burial Data compilation that lists headstone details (only!) for over 40,000 Jewish graves in Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands plus Australian Jewish War Graves in all countries. The collection is large, but is NOT complete. There is no inquiry service. Source: Dr Harvey Cohen, Digital Archivist, Australian Jewish Historical Society. webmaster@ajhs.info [July 2008]

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - A.C.T.


CANBERRA:
QUEANBEYAN: (see N.S.W.)
 

NEW SOUTH WALES

ALBURY:
     Albury New Cemetery and Albury Old Cemetery: The original Monumental Cemetery in David Street was first laid out in 1848. A more recent Monumental Cemetery was established on an adjoining site in Waugh Road in 1925. These cemeteries are known as the Old and New Monumental Cemeteries respectively. A Lawn Cemetery was established on the same site as the New Monumental Cemetery in 1958. Much more recently in 1969, the Albury Crematorium and new Lawn Cemetery were established at the far western end of Union Road. Phone: 60251764 Fax: 60403815 Postal address: PO Box 323 Albury NSW 2640 

BATHURST:
     The Family History Group of Bathurst Inc. has transcribed all legible headstones at Bathurst Cemetery to 1989: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbfhg/ [December 2004]

BOMBALA:

BROKEN Hill:

COOMA:

COOTAMUNDRA:

COROWA:

DUBBO:

ENNGONIA:

GOULBURN:

GRAFTON:
 

HARDEN:

HAY:
     http://users.dragnet.com.au/~ggahs/cem.htm [December 2004]

 
KATOOMBA:
     http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/index.cfm?L1=1&L2=4&L3=627#map [December 2004]

LISMORE:

MAITLAND:

MOREE:

MUDGEE:

MURRURUNDI:
At least one burial from this town is in the Maitland cemetery. Source: Arline Sachs. sachs@nova.orgg

MUSWELLBROOK:

NEWCASTLE:

NORAHVILLE:

NOWRA:
ORANGE:

PARKES:

PORT MACQUARIES:

QUEANBEYAN:


SYDNEY:
  • Botany General Cemetery:
  • Botany Pioneer Memorial Park: relocations.
  • Bridge Street Synagogue Registers:
  • Devonshire Street Cemetery:
    (a) all burials.
    (b) stones relocated at Botany Cemetery, Raphael's Ground, and Rookwood.
  • Eastern Suburbs Crematorium:
  • Frenchs Forest Cemetery and Registers .
  • Lidcombe - Raphael's Ground Cemetery .
  • Parramatta - St. John's Historic Cemetery .
  • Randwick General Cemetery and Registers .
  • Rookwood Cemetery - Old Section.
  • Northern Suburbs Cemetery: aka Macquarie Park. Corner Delhi and Plassey Roads, Macquarie Park NSW 2113, Tel: (02) 9805 0499 Fax: (02) 9887 3320 Email: admin@maccem.com.au website: http://www.maccem.com.au/ The first burial in this still active took place in 1922. [December 2004]
  • Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
  • Woronora General Cemetery and Registers
TAMWORTH: TOCUMWAL:
TUMUT:
  • Pioneer Cemetery
WAGGA Wagga:
WARREN:
  • Waterfall Sanitorium Cemetery:
YASS:
     http://www.huntervalleygenealogy.com Website includes burial registry. [December 2004]

YOUNG:

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY


ADELAIDE River:
  • Adelaide River War Cemetery: {10247} Off Stuart Highway about 60 km south of Darwin on way to Katherine this war cemetery contains one Jewish grave in the military section. Source: Sidney Sachs e-mail: sachs@nova.org
QUEENSLAND


BRISBANE:
  • Mt Thompson Crematorium: 373 Nursery Rd, Holland Park, Brisbane
  • Toowong Cemetery:
BOONAH:
  • Coulson Cemetery:
  • Bundaberg War Graves:
  • Cairns:
  • General Cemetery - War Graves:
  • Mulgrave:
COOKTOWN:

GYMPIE:
    http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/qld/cooloola/gympie.htm [December 2004]

LUTWYCHE:
     http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community_facilities/cemeteries/archives/profile_cemeteries/lutwyche.shtml
  • War Cemetery:
MOUNT GRAVATT:
     http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ [December 2004]
  • General Cemetery: Orthodox and Liberal
  • Lawn Cemetery: War Graves
MT. THOMPSON:
  • Crematorium
NERANG:
     http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ [December 2004]
  • Allambe Gardens: Liberal section
PINAROO:
ROCKHAMPTON NORTH:
  • General Cemetery:
SOUTHPORT:
  • General Cemetery/Orthodox: In 1995, slogans were sprayed on a memorial to victims of the Holocaust. Source: Dateline World Jewry , World Jewish Congress. 7/1995
ST. GEORGE:
TOOWOOMBA, DRAYTON:
TOWNSVILLE:
  • General Cemetery:
  • War Cemetery:


SOUTH AUSTRALIA


ADELAIDE:
BURRA:
     http://www.goyder.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=118 [December 2004]

CLARE:

KADINA:
     lookups-klassic@dodo.com.au  [December 2004]

MOONTA:
     lookups-philbey@yp-connect.net  [December 2004]

ORROROO:
     http://www.orroroo.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=238 [July 2008] 

PASADENA:

POONINDIE:
     http://www.lowereyrepeninsula.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=130#e28 [December 2004]

PORT LINCOLN:

 
TASMANIA
HOBART:
  • Cornelian Bay Cemetery: http://www.srct.com.au/ or thegardens7216@hotmail.com for lookups. [December 2004]
  • Harrington Street Old Cemetery:
           UPDATE: The old Jewish cemetery at Harrington St., Hobart, was closed in 1872. All monuments were taken down in the 1950's and therefore burial locations remain unknown. Source: RootsWeb message board 24 Feb 2002 [January 2003]
DELORAINE: LAUNCESTON:
  • Carr Villa Cemetery:
  • South Street, Invermay: (Old Cemetery)

 


VICTORIA

ARARAT:
     Ararat Cemetery Trust. Mrs J Barry Secretary, PO Box 192, Ararat 3377, 5352 1313, Fax 5352 4749 [December 2004]

AVOCA:
     Avoca Cemetery Trust, Mr M W Dawson, Secretary, 94 Rutherford Street, Avoca 3467, 5465 3142 [December 2004]

BALLARAT:
     Ballarat General Cemeteries & Crematorium: Mr D Beames, Secretary, Lydiard Street North, Ballarat 3350 5332 1469 Fax 5333 5869 [December 2004]
  • Old Cemetery and Registers.
  • New Cemetery:
BEECHWORTH:
     Beechworth Cemetery Trust. Mrs J Tolley, Secretary, PO Box 248, Beechworth 3747, 5728 1390 [December 2004]

BENDIGO:
     Bendigo Cemetery Trust: http://www.bencemtrust.com.au/ [December 2004]
  • White Hills Cemetery and Registers:  http://www.bencemtrust.com.au/cemeteries.asp?id=20  [July 2008]
    Corner of Holdsworth Road and Plumridge Street, White Hills/ "The White Hills Cemetery was originally known as the Junction Cemetery. In 1854 it was officially opened, however it had to be used as a cemetery well before this date. Once gold was discovered at the seven White Hills, the area was inundated with optimistic diggers. ... The initial burials took place without registration, therefore the first person buried at the White Hills Cemetery is not known. ...  The original entrance pillars and gates designed by Vahland; a unique Victorian style rotunda; ... The White Hills Public Cemetery is one of several cemeteries in the Bendigo urban area. It is regarded as significant because it is a substantially intact example of a mid nineteenth century gold-fields cemetery. The cemetery lies in a picturesque setting of curved pathways and has a number of significant and rare plantings. ... The original cemetery was about ten acres but today comprises some twenty four acres." - Bendigo Cemetery Trust website For research and all other queries: 5 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk, 3556 or PO Box 268, Eaglehawk, 3556. Telephone: (03) 5446 1566 Facsimile: (03) 5446 9958 Email: bct@netcon.net.au [December 2004]
     
CASTLEMAINE:
     Castlemaine Cemetery Trust. Mr I Hockley, Secretary, 24 Wilkie Street, Castlemaine 3450 Telephone: 5472 1425 [December 2004
  • Campbells Creek Cemetery:
CHILTERN:
     Chiltern (Old) Cemetery Trust. C/O A/Chief Executive Officer , Indigo Shire Council, Chiltern Office, PO Box 10, Chiltern 3683 5726 1206, W 5726 1429 [December 2004]

COLERAINE:
     Coleraine Cemetery: Trust Secretary Mr. G. J. Waters, P.O. Box 32, Coleraine, Vic., 3315 (03) 5575-2132 Take the Merino Road (Winter St.) in the middle of town, south to Church Street. Turn right and head west for about 2.5 km. The Cemetery is on the left hand side. There are only very basic facilities for the visitor. Website has burial registry. (http://members.datafast.net.au/marrtronics/COLERA.HTM - Link no longer operational - July 2008) [December 2004]

GEELONG:
  • Geelong Eastern Public Cemetery: Geelong Cemeteries Trust, Mr I A Keith, Secretary, The Gatehouse, Eastern Cemetery, 141 Ormond Road, East Geelong 3219, 5221 1077, Fax 5221 7031 or 52241749 Email: info@gct.net.au  [December 2004]
MALDON:
     Maldon Cemetery Trust, Mr H Fitzpatrick, Secretary, 84 High Street, Maldon 3463, 5475 1312  [December 2004

MARYBOROUGH:
      Maryborough Cemetery Trust. Mr D J Stewart, Secretary, PO Box 358, Maryborough 3465, H 5460 5605, W 5461 1979 [December 2004]
 
MELBOURNE:
  • Adass Israel Cemetery: Springvale, 708 Princes Highway, Springvale (03) 9528-5424
  • Brighton Cemetery and Lawn Cemetery & Registers: North Road, Caulfield (03)9578-5525
  • Cheltenham General Cemetery: War Graves.
  • Chevra Kadisha Cemetery: Springvale. Melbourne Chevra Kadisha Cemetery Trust. Ephraim Finch, Secretary, 115 Inkerman Street, St Kilda 3182 9534 0208 [December 2004]
  • Dromana General Cemetery: War Graves.
  • Fawkner Cemetery and War Graves and Cremations: 1187 Sydney Road, Victoria 3060 (PO Box 42) phone: (03) 359 3777.
  • Healesville Cemetery:
  • Kew General Cemetery (Boroondara) and Registers:
  • Lilydale General Cemetery:
  • Melbourne General Cemetery , Carlton, & Registers: Nondenominational. http://www.necropolis.com.au/mainindex.htm [December 2004]
  • Necropolis, Springvale: http://www.necropolis.com.au/mainindex.htm [December 2004]
    (a) Orthodox Section.
    (b) Liberal Section and Cremations.
    (c) War Graves.
  • Old Melbourne Cemetery (Queen Street):
    (a) all burials.
    (b) Stones relocated at Fawkner Cemetery.
  • St. Kilda Cemetery and Registers: Addresses and phone numbers above from http://www.Melbourne.citysearch.com.au and then search for cemeteries. http://www.necropolis.com.au/mainindex.htm [December 2004].

METCALFE:

  • Chewton Cemetery:
MILDURA:
  • Mount Rouse:
  • Dunkeld Cemetery:
NEWSTEAD:
     Newstead Cemetery Trust. Mrs M A Petersen, Secretary, Petersen's Road, Newstead 3462, 5476 2266 [December 2004]
 
NHILL:
     Nhill Cemetery Trust. Mr S J Morris, Secretary, PO Box 55, Nhill 3418, 5391 1653 [December 2004]
  • Lowan Cemetery:
QUEENSCLIFF:
  • Queenscliffe Cemetery: Queenscliff Cemetery Trust. Mr R T Forbes, Secretary, Box 93, Queenscliff 3225, 5258 2480, 5252 1377 [December 2004]
RUTHERGLEN:
  • Carlyle Cemetery:
SALE SEYMOUR:
     Seymour Cemetery Trust, Mrs L Daniel, Secretary, PO Box 357, Seymour 3660, 5792 2891 [December 2004]

STAWELL:
     Stawell Cemetery Trust, Mr Philippe Du Plessis, Finance Manager, Northern Grampians Shire, P O Box 580, Stawell 3380, 53588 700 [December 2004]
  • Pleasant Creek General Cemetery:
TALBOT & Clunes:
  • Amherst Cemetery:
WANGARATTA:
     Wangaratta Cemetery Trust, C/o Mr P Squires, Wangaratta Rural City, PO Box 238, Wangaratta 3676, 5722 0888, Fax 5722 0872 [December 2004]

WARRNAMBOOL:
  • Nullawarre Cemetery:

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Western Australia is a huge state of just under one million square miles. Late in the 1800s and the early 1900s, gold was discovered in many places and attracted many Jews. However, most underground mining lasted only 20 to 30 years. The towns shrank or disappeared altogether. The cemeteries are the only lasting monument that Jews lived in the towns. The healthy Jewish community in Australia now mainly is found in the big cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. We want to make sure that these remote Jewish graves are not lost as most will never have any more burials. We have been researching Jewish burials in remote areas of Western Australia and have found nine cemeteries that contain either a Jewish Section or individual Jewish graves: Broome, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Geraldton,  Kalgoorlie, Northampton, Roebourne and Sandstone. The only Jewish Community in Western Australia is in Perth where there are three Jewish cemeteries: Karrakatta (the main one); Fremantle (still used but rarely); and the old East Perth Cemetery (inactive).  Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, email:  wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]


BROOME:

 


CARNARVON:
      Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia at 24°51' S 113°42' E. Current town population is about 6,600 with no Jews. Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]

  • Carnarvon Old Cemetery: Postal address of cemetery: c/o Shire of Carnarvon, 6701, W.A., Australia.

           No care. The unlandmarked, inactive cemetery is located in the Gascoyne District of Western Australia on flat land. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is with key via a unlocked gate and continuous wire fence. The sign in English reads: Old Carnarvon Cemetery.

           The oldest gravestone dates from 5 Aug 1967. The twentieth century British Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone with English and Hebrew inscription is in original location.

           Adjacent properties are housing. Visits to the Jewish grave are very rare. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year. There is only one Jewish burial, a World War 2 veteran. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 900 kilometres away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials.

           Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin. [January 2006]


COOLGARDIE:

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/Coolgardie/CoolCemetery.htm [December 2004]
      Shire of Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia. at 30°55' S 121°08' E. Date of earliest known Jewish community in town is 1894 when the unlandmarked, still active cemetery was established. The town is an old gold mining town that once had 20,000 people in the late 1890s and early 1900s. When gold was first discovered thousands of people arrived. The town had 23 hotels, 6 banks, 2 stock exchanges and 3 newspapers. It now has about 800 people with 1 hotel. As far as I am aware there are now no Jewish people living in Coolgardie. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 558 kilometers away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials. Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 [January 2006]   

  • Coolgardie General Cemetery: Postal address of cemetery: c/o Coolgardie Shire Council, Coolgaride, W.A., Australia. Cemetery records are in a ledger in the Shire office.

           Care is provided by shire workers. The cemetery location is in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia on flat land and part of the municipal cemetery. A sign in English reads Coolgardie General Cemetery. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous wire fence and an unlocked gate. The general cemetery is divided by religious sections. The Jewish section has no divisions. ·

           The oldest gravestone is dated 3 April 1895. The five nineteenth century gravestones in cemetery are in original location. Graves without a proper marker have natural stone borders. A communal metal memorial plate marks all burials. Some have iron decorations or lettering, bronze decorations or lettering other than metallic elements, metal fences around graves. Inscriptions are in Hebrew and English, English for the memorial plate. The Coolgardie Jewish cemetery contains 24 graves, of which five have proper gravestones.
                The present owner of the cemetery property is the municipality. Adjacent properties are open space. Visits to the Jewish section are very rare. The cemetery is known to have been vandalized. Past maintenance: restoring and marking all graves and clearing bush by Jewish individuals from Perth: Warren and Brenda Austin and Andrew and Gwen Carver in September 2004. No current care. No structures. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is a problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year.

                Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin [January 2006]


CUE:
      Shire of Cue, Western Australia, Australia.at 27°25' S 117°54' E. Current town population is 372 with no Jews. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 649 kilometres away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials. Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]

  • Cue General Cemetery:  Postal address of cemetery: c/o Cue Shire Council, Coolgaride, W.A., 6640 Australia. Cemetery records are in a ledger in the Shire office.

           Date of earliest known Jewish community in town is 1894 when the unlandmarked, still active cemetery was established. Care is provided by shire workers. The cemetery location is in the Murchison goldfields of Western Australia on flat land and part of the municipal cemetery. A sign in English reads Cue General Cemetery. The town of Day Dawn also used this site. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous wire fence and an unlocked gate. The general cemetery is divided by religious sections, but the Jewish burials are in two different places.

           The oldest gravestone and the Jewish community date from the late 1890s. The nineteenth century stone gravestone with an iron railing is in original location. The other is unmarked. Inscription is in Hebrew and English. The Cue Jewish cemetery contains two graves in total. According to the records there was another burial in 1904, however, the maps do not show where. It must be unmarked as we have checked each and every stone in the whole cemetery. Cue is another an old gold mining town. I doubt that there are any Jews permanently in the Cue area.
           The present owner of the cemetery property is the municipality. Adjacent properties are open space. Visits to the Jewish section are very rare. The site has been vandalized. Past maintenance: restoring the one gravestone by Jewish individuals from Perth: Warren and Brenda Austin in September 2004. No current care. No structures. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year.

           Source Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin. [January 2006]

 

GERALDTON:
      City of Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.at 28°48' S 114°32' E. Current town population is about 20,000 with one Jew.  One of nine locations with remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that have Jewish burials. Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]

  • Utakatta Cemetery, Geraldton: Postal address of cemetery: Chairperson of the Board, Utakatta Cemetery Board, Geraldton, W.A., 6530 Australia.

           Care is provided by a caretaker. The still active cemetery is located in the Midwest of Western Australia on flat land. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous wire fence and an unlocked gate. The sign in English reads: Utkatta Cemetery. The general cemetery is divided by religious sections.

           The one gravestone dates from 27 Sep 1943. The one twentieth century stone gravestone with Hebrew and English inscription is in original location.

           Adjacent properties are farmland. Visits to the Jewish grave are very rare. The site has been vandalized. No current care. Only structures are administrative buildings. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 450 kilometres away.

           Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin. [January 2006]

  • Geraldton War Cemetery in Utakatta Cemetery: Postal address of cemetery and location of cemetery records: Office of Australian War Graves, Smyth Road, Nedlands, 6009 W.A., Australia.

            Care is provided by a caretaker. The cemetery section for war dead of WWII dates from the 1940s is located in the Midwest of Western Australia on flat land. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a stone wall and a row of trees and an unlocked gate. The sign in English reads: Geraldton War Cemetery.

            The one gravestone dates from 27 Sep 1943. The one twentieth century stone gravestone with Hebrew and English inscription is in original location.

            Adjacent properties are the general cemetery. Visits to the Jewish grave are very rare, but fairly frequent to the war graves. Care by the Office of Australian War Graves is continuous. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year. Structures are administrative. The World War 2 Cemetery at Utakatta in Geraldton contains one Australian Jewish airman killed in a plane crash at a training base at Geraldton. As with all Australian War Cemeteries, it is kept in absolute beautiful condition. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 423 kilometres away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials.

           Source - Warren and Brenda Austin. [January 2006]

     

KALGOORLIE:
     http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westaust/Kalgoorlie/Kalg1cem.htm [December 2004]


NORTHAMPTON:
      Shire of Northampton, Western Australia, Australia at 28°27' S 114°33' E. Current town population is about 1000 with no Jews. Northampton has no Jews in permanent residence. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 450 kilometres away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that have Jewish burials. Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]

  • Catholic Cemetery: Postal address of cemetery: c/o Bishop of Geraldton, Roman Catholic Church, Geraldton, W.A., 6530 Australia. Cemetery records are in a ledger in the Shire office. http://members.westnet.com.au/gfhs/Cemeteries/reference.htm [December 2004]
          Care is provided by shire workers. The cemetery contains one burial and is located in the Midwest of Western Australia on flat land. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous wire fence and an unlocked gate. The general cemetery is divided by religious sections, but the Jewish burials are in two different places.

         The one gravestone dates from 4 March 1903. The nineteenth century stone gravestone with an iron railing and Hebrew and English inscription is in original location. This burial is unusual at the very least. Apparently, the boy buried was a boarder at a Roman Catholic school in Northampton when he died. His family were living on a sheep station (ranch) many miles away. The school buried him in their own cemetery. The grave has been set aside from the others and has a typical Jewish headstone in both Hebrew and English.
          The present owner of the cemetery property is the Catholic Church. Adjacent properties are open space. Visits to the Jewish grave are very rare The site has been vandalized. No current care. No structures. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year.

           Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin.  [January 2006]

PERTH:
     http://www.perthdps.com/graves/register.htm [December 2004]
  • East Perth Cemetery: (inactive) http://www.perthdps.com/graves/register.htm [December 2004]
  • Fremantle East Fremantle Cemetery: (now rarely used)
  • Jewish War Memorial, Kings Park
  • Karrakatta Cemetery : All burials from 1899 at Karrakatta Cemetery, the major cemetery in Perth, the state capital, can be accessed via the web at the site of the Metropolitan Cemetery Board: http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au Source: Robert W. Fraser rgfraser@iinet.net.au on JewishGen Digest [25 Oct 2001]
    (a) Orthodox Section:
    (b) Liberal Section and Lawn and Cremations:
    (c) Garden of Remembrance    :
    (d) Lawn Graves:


ROEBOURNE:

           Shire of Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia.at 20°44' S 117°09' E. Current town population is about 1,700 with no Jews. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 1500 kilometres away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials.  Source - Warren and Brenda Austin, 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia 6059, Australia, wbaustin@wn.com.au, telephone 61 8 9375 3181 completed the survey in January 2006. [January 2006]

  • Roebourne General Cemetery:  Postal address of cemetery: c/o Shire of Roebourne, Karratha, 6714, W.A., Australia.

           No care. The unlandmarked cemetery is located in the Pilbarra of Western Australia on flat land. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is with key via a locked gate and continuous metal picket fence. The sign in English reads: The Roebourne General Cemetery.

           The one gravestone dates from 1924. The one twentieth century stone gravestone with English inscription is in original location but broken and toppled.

            Adjacent properties are housing. Visits to the Jewish grave are very rare. The site has been vandalized. No current care. No threats. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is no problem. Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year. There is only one burial in the Jewish Section. However, the whole cemetery was very much vandalised. Eventually, the Shire of Roebourne erected a high metal picket fence with solid lockable gates. It was too late for the Jewish grave as the headstone has been broken off and has disappeared leaving only the concrete base of the grave.

             Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin [January 2006]

           

SANDSTONE:
     The Jewish community in town dates from about 1900 when the unlocked cemetery began. No other towns used this site. The town is an old gold mining town that once had 8,000 people in 1900 and now has about 140. The nearest Jewish community is in Perth 700 kilometers away. The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that has Jewish burials.  Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin completed on 24 December 2005. Address: 2 Gifford Way, Dianella, Western Australia, Australia 6059, Australia. telephone: 61 8 9375 3181. email: wbaustin@wn.com.au [December 2005]

  • Sandstone General Cemetery: Jewish Section. Located in the Shire of Sandstone, 27°59' S 119°17' E, the current town population is 120 with no Jews. Postal address of cemetery: c/o Sandstone Shire Council, Sandstone, W.A., Australia. Cemetery records are recorded in ledger in Shire Office.
            The Shire maintains the site with two graves. The rural outback mining community location is flat ground within the municipal cemetery. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all and marked by a sign. The still active cemetery has a continuous wire fence and an unlocked gate. The Jewish section still could be used. Maintenance: remarking of graves, clearing bush by Warren and Brenda Austin from Perth, W.A. in September 2005. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem. Source - Survey by Warren and Brenda Austin [December 2005]

 


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