Memorial Park Crematorium and Floral Lawn Cemetery

Location

Dohertys Road ALTONA NORTH, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Rec for other form of protection

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Memorial Park Crematorium and Floral Lawn Cemetery, established in 1961, at Dohertys Road, Altona North.

How is it Significant?

The Memorial Park Crematorium and Floral Lawn Cemetery is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant as the repository of recent family history from within the city (AHC criterion A4)

Socially, it is significant as a place known and valued by the local community (AHC criterion G1)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a designed landscape which differs from any other in the municipality in terms of a highly articulated and varied content (AHC criterion E1)

Group

Cemeteries and Burial Sites

Category

Other - Cemeteries/Burial Sites