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1420: 1400: 199: 132: 663:(CWGC) has a memorial to 15 Australian service personnel – 2 sailors, 9 soldiers, 4 airmen – who died in World War II and were cremated at Karrakatta Crematorium. In addition, 7 Australian personnel of the same war – 2 sailors, 4 soldiers, 1 airman – who were cremated at Karrakatta Crematorium but whose ashes had been scattered or buried at places where CWGC commemoration was not possible are listed by name on the Western Australia Cremation Memorial at the separate Perth War Cemetery. 74: 31: 302: 310: 379:
Across all cemeteries in Western Australia, the tenure on graves is 25 years — whether for burials, ashes or mausoleum crypts. There is an automatic right to purchase a further 25 years, totalling 50 years. After that, renewal of Grants of Right of Burial is at the cemetery authority’s discretion.
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The redevelopment process at Karrakatta Cemetery (termed ‘Cemetery Renewal’) began in 1969. Renewal involves the removal of headstones and grave surrounds, including plot markers. The headstones are either put elsewhere in a garden, plastered on limestone walls, taken by family or, if deemed to be
339:, Western Australia. Karrakatta Cemetery first opened for burials in 1899, the first being that of wheelwright Robert Creighton. Managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery attracts more than one million visitors each year. 93: 1450: 752: 1325: 1365: 696: 370:
New graves are established in between the old. The new burials will have a headstone, but no marker is left behind to memorialise the historic burials.
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Under the current policy, no remains are disturbed. As of June 2023, 46 sections have been redeveloped and 31 sections are approaching redevelopment.
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All mausoleums at Karrakatta are built on top of historic Roman Catholic burial grounds, and most cremation gardens are over historic graves.
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As of June 2022, Karrakatta Cemetery contains the graves of 111 Commonwealth service personnel of
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trees located near the main entrance are a hallmark of Karrakatta Cemetery. The cemetery contains a
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All 50, 99-year and perpetual Grants were extinguished on 2 July 2012 due to a provision of the
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CWGC Cemetery report, Western Australia Cremation Memorial, detail from casualty record.
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KCMG, Chief Justice, Lieutenant-Governor, buried with Lady Emily Louise Dwyer
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The entrance (known as the Waiting House) includes a structure designed by
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Karrakatta Cemetery: Rich with heritage...caring for precious memories
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Trinca, Mathew. "James Andrew (Jim) del Piano (1916–1981)".
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Notable people interred within Karrakatta Cemetery include:
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Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (statutory authority managing)
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Margaret Brown (1981), 'Cowan, Edith Dircksey (1861–1932)'
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Australia
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recipients who are interred in Karrakatta Cemetery:
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Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 709: 707: 705: 561:, businessman, Italian diaspora aficionado 197: 130: 1222:del Piano, James Andrew (Jim) (1916–1981) 555:, the first Chief Protector of Aborigines 780:"Saving Family Headstones at Karrakatta" 347:, and in 1995 Western Australia's first 308: 300: 803: 702: 1428: 889: 784:Saving Family Headstones at Karrakatta 496:(1864–1938), Australian Army General ( 1368:from the original on 20 December 2016 1348:"Perth (Karrakatta) General Cemetery" 1340: 1322:"Perth (Karrakatta) General Cemetery" 1314: 806:"Argyle, Jessie (Gypsy) (1900–1955)" 697:Karrakatta Historical Walk Trail One 35:Main entrance to Karrakatta Cemetery 16:Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia 1328:from the original on 26 August 2014 1269: 728: 235:Western Australia Heritage Register 13: 1282:Australian Dictionary of Biography 1275:Wendy Birman, G. C. 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31°58′12″S 115°47′57″E / 31.97°S 115.7992°E / -31.97; 115.7992 (Karrakatta Cemetery)
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John
Elsie Curtin
cemetery
Karrakatta
Perth
Cypress
crematorium
mausoleum
George Temple-Poole
Cemeteries Act 1986
Jessie Argyle
William Baldwin
New Zealand
Jean Beadle
Simon Cain
Edith Cowan

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