The Creswick Cemetery is thought to have been established as early as 1852, replacing the old cemetery which was small and crowded. The first registered burial here was in 1858.
Many significant pioneers of Creswick are buried in this cemetery, including
Jane Ingram, Sir Alexander Peacock, William Black Miller, William "Baron" Bell, John O'Neill, Jeremiah Coffey and Peter Harrington. Detailed information about these pioneers is available on the Creswick Cemetery website.
An A5 booklet titled Australasian No 2 Mine Graves is available for $5.00 from the Creswick Museum. This booklet provides a self-guided tour, showing the burial locations of those who were killed in the 1882 Australasian No 2 mining disaster and others who were associated with the mine. The booklet also includes a transcript of the funeral from the Creswick Advertiser, 15/12/1882.
A picnic table is located beneath a large, shady tree at the centre of the cemetery.
The Creswick Cemetery is open daily from 9am - 5pm. Dogs are not permitted within the cemetery.
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A family story (he was my great-grandfather) hast that, but for his untimely death, the disaster would not have happened and Creswick's history would have been quite different as would have been for our family.