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Melbourne General Cemetery
Area bounded by College Crescent, Cemetery Road East, Lygon Street, McPherson Street and Princes Park Drive., CARLTON NORTH VIC 3054 - Property No G13005
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Melbourne General Cemetery, developed from the early 1850s according to a design by Albert Purchas and extended in a similar style after 1859 is of National significance:
- for its layout, the central portion of which concurs with the 1854 Purchas plan; this is a seminal example of picturesque cemetery planning in Victoria and probably Australia and represents an early transference of garden cemetery ideals from Britain and North America;
- for its collection of
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G13005
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National
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