Greenmount Cemetery
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Greenmount Cemetery

Also known as Greenmount Catholic Cemetery

Yarram, Wellington Shire, Victoria, Australia

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The land for the Cemetery was part of the Tara Creek property occupied in 1846 as a lease-hold by Edmond Buckley, an early Gippsland pioneer. On 1st June, 1852 Edmond Buckley purchased the land surrounding his homestead. After a serious illness in 1857, Edmond Buckley had his Will prepared, and in the Will bequeathed 4 acres of his land for a Cemetery, and provided funds for a Chapel. In 1859, Edmond Buckley passed away as a result of injury from a fall from his horse. He was buried in his allocated Burial Ground, which became formalised with the Administration of his Will. A Catholic Chapel was built in the nearby township of Tarraville, just a few miles southeast of the Greenmount Cemetery, perhaps using funds that had been bequeathed in his Will.
The land for the Cemetery was part of the Tara Creek property occupied in 1846 as a lease-hold by Edmond Buckley, an early Gippsland pioneer. On 1st June, 1852 Edmond Buckley purchased the land surrounding his homestead. After a serious illness in 1857, Edmond Buckley had his Will prepared, and in the Will bequeathed 4 acres of his land for a Cemetery, and provided funds for a Chapel. In 1859, Edmond Buckley passed away as a result of injury from a fall from his horse. He was buried in his allocated Burial Ground, which became formalised with the Administration of his Will. A Catholic Chapel was built in the nearby township of Tarraville, just a few miles southeast of the Greenmount Cemetery, perhaps using funds that had been bequeathed in his Will.

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