Cemetery #167949
Fawkner Memorial Park
Also known as The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
0
documented records
≈ 22k–44k
approx. capacity (graves)
1.11 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Fawkner Memorial Park, officially the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, is in Melbourne's north and was established in 1906. A 116-hectare site was requested in 1902 and approved by parliament in 1905. It is managed by the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust and is recognised for a remarkable collection of monuments, some among the earliest and most significant memorials in Victoria.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 37.711679° S, 144.956782° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Northern Memorial Park 1.6 km away · Melbourne
- Scots Church Cemetery, Cambellfield 4.0 km away · Cambellfield
- Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery 4.1 km away · Melbourne
- Thomastown Cemetery 6.4 km away · Melbourne
- Preston Cemetery 7.5 km away · Melbourne
- Northcote Cemetery 7.8 km away · Melbourne
- Melbourne General Cemetery 8.7 km away · Melbourne
- Keilor Cemetery 9.3 km away · Melbourne
- Heidelberg (Warringal) Cemetery 10.0 km away · Melbourne
- Epping Cemetery 10 km away · Melbourne
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How big is Fawkner Memorial Park?
Fawkner Memorial Park covers about 111 hectares (1.11 km²), about the same size as Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. It is the 2nd largest of the 548 cemeteries we list in Victoria.