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Sunday 27th October, 2024 2 – 4pm. Self-Walking tour of historic graves (Brochure provided) Crematorium Tours (2:30pm & 3:15pm) Showroom open for plaques & keepsakes for ashes (Make an appointment for another day if you want to purchase anything) Arrow Bronze Plaque Foundry – how to care for your plaque View newly developed cemetery areas…
The Gippsland Memorial Park was successful in a grant application with Loy Yang B and has purchased a beautiful new picnic table and seating that has been installed beside the new Lake of Reflection. Families are encouraged to come to the cemetery, bring a picnic and sit and reflect on their loved ones buried within…
The Gippsland Memorial Park is recording all the Vietnam Veterans buried within the grounds. If you have a family member who enlisted into the Vietnam War, please contact the cemetery office with their name for our records. Department of Veteran Affairs In 2023, the Australian Government will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s…
Buried in the Old Bluff Cemetery- Pioneer and soldier of Traralgon- site WB-A042 Pte. Ernest Ham was a Bandsman in the army in the early 1900s and was a member of the local Traralgon Band that was renowned as being one of the best in Victoria and was established in 1881 Private E Ham, son…
Frederick died from an injury in the Long Tunnel Extended mine in Walhalla in 1897. He lays buried in the Traralgon Old Bluff Cemetery site NSM-C041 His headstone lays flat on the ground preserved. Many graves are in similar disrepair due to the families no longer being in intimate contact with their dead and families…
Buried in the Old Bluff Cemetery a well known vegetable farmer and gardener of Loy Yang Buried in the historical position of NSM-A016 From the Morwell Advertiser Friday 8th June 1894 pg 2: “Obituary- On Thursday evening last Sir. John Kenyon, an old and respected resident of Gippsland died at his residence, Loy Yang. Mr….
Our new Lake of Reflection is finished with the gardens, paths, retaining wall and plants now in place and looking beautiful. We had Mark from Gippsland360 send a drone up above the lake and take some amazing photographs of what’s been happening. This grassy area has been transformed with the creative design from Growmasters and…
The 12 new above ground crypts are now finished and looking beautiful. The safety fencing has been removed and you can walk around the crypts to see the professional workmanship of Carustone Memorials. These crypts have been completed to the proposed design and have now all been sold. Each crypt can take two interments and…
Buried in the Old Bluff Cemetery, an historical area of the Gippsland. Located in site NSM-C051 marked by a traditional headstone and surrounded with a dainty iron fence. Thomas’s wife Kate Copeland was interred in the Bluff cemetery after her death on the 7th of November 1891. The funeral was a lengthy one consisting Mr…
Henry John Mapleson Buried in the Old Bluff Cemetery- Pioneers of Traralgon Henry and brother Joe travelled to Traralgon in 1873 to look for land to farm. Henry is buried with his wife and family, notably Patience (Liddiard) and with a memorial to Frederick Ralph Mapleson a Lieutenant with the 13th Light Horse Regiment (in…