Willaston General Cemetery

The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866.^[1] to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s,^[2] with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.^[1]

Willaston General Cemetery
Details
Established	1862
Location	Willaston, South Australia
Country	Australia
Coordinates	34.57799°S 138.74172°E / -34.57799; 138.74172
Website	Town of Gawler: Cemeteries – Willaston
Find a Grave	Willaston General Cemetery
Footnotes	Willaston General Cemetery CWGC

Interments at the cemetery include:^[3]

• Ephraim Henry Coombe, (1858–1917) journalist and politician
• Leslie Duncan, (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician
• Walter Duffield, (1816–1882) miller, pastoralist and politician
• Job Harris, (1840–1882) prominently associated with the discovery of gold at the Barossa Goldfields
• James Martin, (1821–1899) manufacturer and politician
• Frederick May, (1840–1897) engineer and manufacturer
• John McKinlay, (1819–1872) explorer
• Esmond Walter New, (1900–1982) Presbyterian minister and air force chaplain