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Bendigo Cemetery

Other Names

Back Creek Cemetery , Former Bendigo General Cemetery

Location

70 CARPENTER STREET, QUARRY HILL - PROPERTY NUMBER 175458, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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038 - Cemetery Chapel,
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039 - Bendigo Cemetery-
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040 - Burke & Wills Monument,
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041 - Chinese Burning Towers,
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BENDIGO CEMETERY

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

How is it significant?

Why is it significant?

Bendigo General Cemetery, dating from 1875, continuously developed and still in use as a cemetery is of regional significance:

*for its collection of trees and plants; these are typical of nineteenth century cemeteries in Victoria and demonstrate strong associational links with their cemetery setting and links with suppliers in Melbourne including von Mueller;

*for its retention of a portion of its original vegetation;

*for its collection of buildings and structures; these include representative examples of typical features such as the entrance gate, lodge, chapel, fencing, rotunda and headstones;

*for its considerable aesthetic appeal derived from the undulating site, sense of enclosure and vistas both within the site, views out of the site and from the exterior into the site;

*for its unique path system and its associations with fragrant flowers;

* for its strong historical and social links with the City of Bendigo, exemplified by its early date of development, its long continuity of use for its original purpose, its links with the early development of the town and its prominence within the life and society of Bendigo.

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