Fremantle Cemetery

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Fremantle Cemetery

Carrington Street, Palmyra, WA

PO Box 222 Palmyra, WA 6157

Managing Body: Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB). The MCB manage 6 Facilities: -Fremantle Cemetery, Guilford Cemetery, Karrakatta Cemetery, Midland Cemetery, Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park & Rockingham Regional Memorial Park.



Telephone: 1300 793 109


Research Notes

Fremantle Cemetery was established in 1899. It covers 46 hectares (110 acres). It is the third public cemetery in Fremantle. The first was in Alma Street, which closed in 1855 and is now a primary school. The second, at Skinner Street, started in 1852 and was operating until 1899, when this cemetery opened. Burials were transferred by families from earlier cemeteries. In 1930 ninety gravestones were moved from Skinner Street to Fremantle. The Skinner Street cemetery is now the location of the Oval belonging to the John Curtin College of the Arts, where it is estimated 200 bodies remain. Approx. 40,000 burials have taken place at Fremantle cemetery. For its first sixty years the cemetery was dedicated to burials but in 1959 a crematorium was opened here which allowed an alternative to those who preferred it. Over 66,000 cremations have taken place here.

Fremantle cemetery has several different entrances: Carrington Street, Leach Highway and Sainsbury Road. The office is located just inside the Carrington Entrance. Overall Fremantle Cemetery Map 
Office Hours 7am-5pm Mon – Sat and 7.30am-5pm Sun.

Record Access

The MCB website allows you to do a historical deceased search under the “name search” heading on the home page. 

Once you have identified that the person is buried / cremated at Fremantle Cemetery. You click on the surname of the correct individual to get further information i.e. exact date of death and burial information - Anglican Section Monumental AA Grave Number 225

This search engine does have its limitations. It does not identify others buried in the same plot. You need to look up every individual to identify this level of detail.


My Family History Grave Sites at Fremantle Cemetery

Ruth Harvey (nee Allen)                                     

Robert Young Harvey                          


John Frame                                                                                            

May Rundle (nee Bailey)              




Sources Consulted

MCB Website
Fremantle Cemetery Facilities Brochure
Wikipedia - Fremantle Cemetery

Location: Carrington Street & Leach Highway, Palmyra WA 6157, Australia

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