Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

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Source: http://www.boxhillcemetery.com.au/our-history/

The first moves to establish a public cemetery at Box Hill, east of Melbourne, were made in 1872 when an area of twelve acres was set aside and eight trust members were appointed at a public meeting.

A grant of £35 was received from the Government of the day for the erection of a fence around the site. The area was part of a large reserve bounded on two sides by Whitehorse Road and Britnells Road (now Middleborough Road) from which the Sagoe Common School and police paddock had been excised.

The first burial took place the day after the cemetery was officially gazetted on 30 August 1873.

Box Hill Cemetery was enlarged on two occasions in subsequent years. A small adjoining section, still referred to as the “New Survey”, was gazetted in 1886, following the extension of the railway line from Box Hill to Lilydale. In 1935 a further adjoining area of twelve acres was purchased by the Box Hill Council to bring the cemetery to its present size of 30.8 acres (≈12.5 hectares). Part of this area included the police paddock.