Maryknoll Cemetery
Maryknoll, Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Get directions 73 Koolbirra Road, Maryknoll VIC
Maryknoll, Cardinia Shire, Victoria 3812 AustraliaCoordinates: -38.02790, 145.60273 - Cemetery ID:
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The Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley grave are of historic and social significance to the locality of Maryknoll in the Shire of Cardinia.The Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley grave are significant as major and essential elements in this important settlement.The cemetery is also significant because it contains historical information on the former residents at Maryknoll, commemorates the township's founder Father Pooley, as well as some design achievement in the commemoration plates associated with each burial.
Located at the bend in Koolbirra Road, the Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley Grave is a part open grassed and part native bushland allotment. Currently only the open grassed area contains memorials and
graves.
The cemetery is entered by a wrought-iron asymmetrical gateway, defined by a chevron pattern pair of gates and segmental-arched portal bearing the name of the cemetery, 'Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery', and a recent weathered timber post and rail fence.
A timber-framed gabled shelter and paved area has been dedicated to the founder of the settlement, the Rev. W. A. Pooley (d.1969), while other graves are marked with bronze plates set in the lawn; some plain and others ornamental.
The Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley grave are of historic and social significance to the locality of Maryknoll in the Shire of Cardinia.The Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley grave are significant as major and essential elements in this important settlement.The cemetery is also significant because it contains historical information on the former residents at Maryknoll, commemorates the township's founder Father Pooley, as well as some design achievement in the commemoration plates associated with each burial.
Located at the bend in Koolbirra Road, the Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery and Father Pooley Grave is a part open grassed and part native bushland allotment. Currently only the open grassed area contains memorials and
graves.
The cemetery is entered by a wrought-iron asymmetrical gateway, defined by a chevron pattern pair of gates and segmental-arched portal bearing the name of the cemetery, 'Maryknoll Lawn Cemetery', and a recent weathered timber post and rail fence.
A timber-framed gabled shelter and paved area has been dedicated to the founder of the settlement, the Rev. W. A. Pooley (d.1969), while other graves are marked with bronze plates set in the lawn; some plain and others ornamental.
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- Added: 26 Aug 2017
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2649788
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