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Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

1888 establishments in AustraliaBuildings and structures in SydneyBurials at Eastern Suburbs Memorial ParkCemeteries established in the 1880sCemeteries in Sydney
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Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 1
Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 1

Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Botany General Cemetery (aka Botany Cemetery), is a cemetery and crematorium on Bunnerong Road in Matraville, New South Wales, in the eastern suburbs district of Sydney, Australia. Land was dedicated as a cemetery site in 1888, with the first interment recorded at Botany Cemetery on 21 August 1893. The Bunnerong Cemetery (opened in 1888), and the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium (opened 1938) were merged with Botany Cemetery in 1972. There are more than 65,000 people buried there. A memorial park, Pioneer Park, is also within the grounds.

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Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
Morgan Avenue, Sydney Matraville

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Morgan Avenue
2036 Sydney, Matraville
New South Wales, Australia
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