Old Weetangera Methodist Cemetery in Hawker, Australian Capital Territory

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Get directions William Hovell Drive
Hawker, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2614 Australia

Coordinates: -35.24835, 149.03816
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The church and cemetery site was approved for a grant of 2 acres in 1872.

The cemetery was established in 1873 at the time the church was completed and dedicated (1st Baptism Sep 1873), the church building was removed 1955.

First Burial 1875

Last burial 1964

Holds 44 Burials, 18 monuments

The cemetery and former Methodist church site was placed on the ACT Heritage Register 2004

The cemetery has public access from the Bicentennial Equestrian Trail on the western side of Drake Brockman Drive, running parallel to William Hovell Drive, past "Lands End" farm to a walking track which leads to the entrance before the trail continues under William Hovell Drive.