In memory of the 13 victims of disastrous bushfires in 1944.
Our flourishing Lone Pine
In memory of the 13 victims of disastrous bushfires in 1944.
HAZELWOOD PUBLIC CEMETERY
Established in 1879, currently 4500 interments
arranged in sections;
Religious Denominations, Children's Garden,
Remembrance Garden, Non Denominational
Monumental and Lawn sections.
Burial plots and Remembrance garden niches
are purchased in perpetuity with no time limit or
extra payments for extensions on sites.
LOCATION
Cemetery Avenue Hazelwood, between what was the Hazelwood Power Station and the Hazelwood Pondage. This section of road is known as the Yinnar Road. Entry via the black SECURITY GATES on Cemetery Avenue.
From Morwell turn right off Monash Way towards the Hazelwood Power Station. Continue on Brodribb Road past the Power Station then turn right onto Cemetery Avenue. Proceed through security gates, turn right at the end of the road and enter via the granite Memorial Gates on Cemetery Avenue.
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To View Monument
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Immediate Contact
Hazelwood Cemetery Trust
OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday & Wednesday
9-30am to 1-30pm
Secretary: Ms Rose Mildenhall
Phone: 03 51339183
Mob: 0402391164
Email: hazelwoodcemetery@
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Events & Announcements
WET AREAS SAFETY
By way of public safety, the Hazelwood Cemetery Trust is very conscious in asking visitors to take care when walking across sodden grass surfaces. A sensible approach is most appropriate.
APRIL 2022
Positive comments passed onto Chairperson Leon Billington and Secretary Gayle English recently:
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From a vistor from Sydney, ex Morwell resident - Compliments and praise re the appearance of our cemetery especially the MANICURED lawn section.
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Further simillar thoughts from a woman and her mother at Hazelwood Cemetery to view a family plot.
Comments such as these reflect the excellent ongoing maintenance at Hazelwood Cemetery by Groundsperson/Maintenance Peter Puttock-De Jong ably assisted by Chairperson Leon Billington as well as other Trust members from time to time.
JANUARY
2024
Mrs Gayle English
This month (January 2024) , Hazelwood Cemetery Trust bids farewell to long time secretary, Mrs Gayle English. Gayle will officially retire on January 30th and relocate with husband Richard, to a new home in East Gippsland.
Following her 20+ years of dedicated service, Gayle's replacement will be Ms Rose Mildenhall. Over recent months, Rose has been learning about the intricacies of being secretary for a cemetery trust.
Gayle has many and varied anecdotes amassed over time. Advising on, and solving a myriad of personal issues has been Gayle's forte. Her other strong attibute is having in-depth knowledge of Morwell and district and its residents. All this, and coupled with an amazing ability in dealing with the state government requirements, has given the Hazelwood Cemetery Trust a strong foundation for its future. As testimony to Gayle's contribution, other gippsland cemetery trusts have often sought her wise counsel thereby strengthening the collegiate bond necessary in this, at times delicate, sensitive position of a cemetery trust.
THANKS GAYLE.
THE LONE PINE
"Nothing was as bad as Lone Pine" - Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead. Lone Pine veteran. Commander of the Australian 9th Division, 'Rats' of Tobruk.
The Battle of Lone Pine took place between August 6 and 10 in 1915 during the eight month Allied Gallipoli Campaign. Known as Plateau 400 or Lone Pine at Gallipoli, the fortified ridge position was marked by a single pine tree at the top.
Sgt. Keith McDowell of the Australian 23rd. Battalion retrieved a cone from the actual Lone Pine tree’s blasted branches. Sgt. McDowell carried the cone for the rest of the war and on his return to Australia gave it to his aunt at Grassmere near Warrnambool in Victoria.
In June 1933 a tree propagated from the cone was planted at the Shrine of Remembrance in the Kings Domain in Melbourne. This iconic Lone Pine lasted for decades but was removed in 2012 after storm damage and failed health.
April 2016 – tree provided to Hazelwood Cemetery
HISTORICAL NEWS
An article & photographs by our chairperson/historian Leo Billington on the ABOUT page regarding past prominent Morwell citizen, John Barton Hoyle is very interesting and informative.
INTERNET NEWS
We are pleased to anounce that our records are fully digitalised thanks to the wonderful efforts & skill of Jodie Benner-Wood of VIRTUAL ADMIN. These records may be accessed by the button
above.
CEMETERY EXTENSION
It is pleasing to announce that an extension to the Hazelwood Cemetery with almost 2000 burial sites has been drawn up. The extension known as K2 is to the south of the current cemetery. The area of land being generously provided by GDF Suez now known as ENGIE.
