The Bendigo Cemetery.
This project has produced a complete cemetery burial list with hyper links to monumental headstone photographs.
There are 130 monumental section areas in the cemetery, with 42,500 photos and notes with more details of some individuals for hard to read headstones, some listings of multiple burials in bigger graves and some information like occupation and last place of living.

A feature of the latest version of the Bendigo Cemetery data (2022) are the 103 section maps for the monumental areas, showing grave locations with name and grave number, and the 600 plus obituaries for well known and lesser known people buried the Bendigo Cemetery.

Bendigo Cemetery has 56,000 interments and this project incorporates a full burial list. The Lawn Cemetery sections were not photographed, in full as part of this project but burials are included in the full burial list.

Municipality of Bendigo
Bendigo is 150 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, 225 metres above sea level and is strategically located at the junction of rail links in central Victoria. It’s the geographic heart of Victoria.

The cemetery officially opened for burials in February 1858 and was gazetted in 1875. The Bendigo Cemetery is managed by the Bendigo Cemeteries Trust. The Trust was formed in June 1988 and amalgamates the former council cemeteries Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, White Hills and Axedale.
Originally the present Bendigo Cemetery was known as Back Creek Cemetery. Later Back Creek Cemetery was called the Sandhurst Public Cemetery. In 1892 the City of Sandhurst reverted back to being known as Bendigo and the cemetery duly changed its name to Bendigo Public Cemetery. Bendigo's Cemeteries are open museums telling the story of the regions development.

Of the five cemeteries in the Municipality of Bendigo, the Bendigo Cemetery is the largest.
The first registered burial was that of Ellen Mowbray Murphy on February 1, 1858 age 3½ years. Her headstone is now showing wear and a photography project like this aims to at least keep a digital record of these old sandstone headstones.

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LAWN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL WALL AREAS
The main Lawn Cemetery and Memorial Wall areas on the southern side of the cemetery will be photographed in another stage of this project. That being said, there are still over 43,000 images, pdfs and web pages that make up this data set.

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TO USE THIS PRODUCT:
• Select the Headstone Photographs page. Select the starting letter of the surname you are searching for. The burial list is set up in alphabetical order, or you can find the name much quicker by using the search window (Control & F).
• A second search feature is to use the pdf file linked to each letter. This file has a continuous list of names for that letter.
Use the search window (Control & F) find the name more quickly.
A search hint for people in the same grave is to use the Grave # in the search box.

Click the blue text link to display a headstone photograph.

There is one overview photograph of each grave, with an additional close up photo of the headstone or plaque. Clicking on the photograph will in some cases enlarge it further.

A few photographs were enhanced to help read the headstone.

Notes from other AIGS records, when included, will help with unreadable photographs. Some additional notes/biographical details have been supplied for notable people buried in the cemetery.

On this disk there are many links to web sites on the internet. An active internet connection is required to use these links.

We suggest the data be copied to your computer hard drive from the USB, then keep the USB safe as your backup copy. To do this, copy the data much the same way as when you make an emergency backup copy of any disk. This is a very large data set and may take about an hour to copy to your hard drive. Create a desktop shortcut from the index.htm file to display the information in your web browser.
Contact the compilers via their email address if you require more information about copying the disk.      They will be happy to try and help.

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The Maps & Cemetery Layout page shows aerial photos of the cemetery taken at a low altitude, section area maps and lawn cemetery maps. Each map has a link to print to A4 size maps from the USB.

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The Other Disks and Products page lists other products made by the compilers. The book page is worth a read if looking for cemeteries in Bendigo.
To purchase a disk, send an order via the compiler's email address and include your postal address.
Via return email, an order number and payment details will be supplied -

either bank transfer details, personal cheque or postal order.

Email address for sales information. Ian & Tom

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