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The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866. to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s, with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.
At the entry to the Willaston Cemetery are headstones taken from Pioneer Park.
Interments at the cemetery include:
- 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
- Edward Clement, Gawler Councillor and Mayor and wife Sarah Woodward Clement
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Inquiries to Town of Gawler 08 85229211 43 High Street, Gawler East SA 5118 Email: council@gawler.sa.gov.au