History

Cemeteries were usually developed in association with particular churches or as a result of public meetings of concerned citizens. In 1854, an ”Act for the Establishment and Management of Cemeteries in the Colony of Victoria” was passed by the Victorian Government forming the basis of cemetery management as we know it today. The Government had...

Statement of Significance

The Macedon Cemetery was located on Crown allotment No. 39, Parish of Macedon, County of Bourke, on 30 November 1860, when the site was reserved in the Government Gazette. The cemetery took the traditional form of denominational division, with a formal layout, aligned to a straight road leading from the entrance. An avenue of conifers...