In the early days of Whyalla, there was a small cemetery located in a section of what is now Whyalla's Ada Ryan Gardens. This cemetery was not used after 1918, and in 1946, the remains were reburied in the present cemetery. There is no longer any visible trace of this early cemetery.
The main entrance to the Whyalla Cemetery is on Broadbent Terrace with a small visitor's carpark on Goodman Street.
Whyalla Cemetery Layout Plan. is currently being updated and will be located here shortly, in the meantime if you would like to know the location of a particular burial please email council@whyalla.sa.gov.au and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The Main Office of the Cemetery is centrally located in the grounds with the Crematorium and public amenities.
Sections
The Cemetery has 12 sections A to H for burial interments, Niche Wall, Rose and Tree Memorials for ashes interments and a Tree of Remembrance wall for memorialisation of scattered ashes.
- Section A: An older section of the Cemetery primarily a Protestant section, this section has no new burials only second burials. Council does not supply a plaque.
- Section B: Garden section with no religious denomination, this section only allows new burials for ashes interment and smaller (babies/children's) graves and second burials for all graves. Council supplies a Cast Bronze plaque.
- Section C: This is for the Church of England /general with new and second burials. Council does not supply a plaque.
- Section D: Vacant area.
- Section E: This section is for Catholic /General with new and second burials. Council does not supply a plaque.
- Section F: Catholic /General lawn section. Council supplies a Cast Bronze Plaque.
- Section G: New Lawn Section. Council supplies a Cast Bronze Plaque.
- Section H: Mainly Protestant & Islamic but this section is also general. Council allows both new and second burials.
- Niche Wall, Rose & Tree Memorials: No religious denomination, for cremation (ashes) interments only. Council supplies a Cast Bronze plaque.
Tree of Remembrance (Butterfly Wall): A Butterfly plaque for the memorialisation of a person who’s ashes have been scattered elsewhere outside of the Whyalla Cemetery. Each butterfly plaque includes only 3 lines of text – name, date of birth ~ date of death and location of scattered ashes.
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Ordering a Plaque
Each interment in the Whyalla Cemetery lawn sections, rose tree garden sites and niche walls includes a bronze plaque and an appropriate monument (granite block or claypot).
If the standard grey granite and bronze plaque is not to your liking you may opt to provide an alternative monument however it must conform to the relevant dimensions which can be provided by the cemetery staff. Please discuss this with the staff at the cemetery as a reimbursement for the unused granite block/plaque may be applicable.
The bronze plaques are ordered online by cemetery staff and an appointment can be arranged (between 9-3 weekdays) by phoning the cemetery curator on 0408809199. The ordering process allows you to view the plaque as it is designed and modifications can be viewed immediately.
There are standard sizes of plaque dependant on the location of the interment and each plaque has a standard number of lines of text included. Extra lines of text may be included at an extra charge per line.
The standard plaque also includes one standard flat motif and extra motifs can be included at an extra charge per item. A library of motifs is available to peruse when you are in the process of designing the plaque with cemetery staff.
The colour of the plaque can also be changed from the standard brown however this also includes an extra charge.
Production of the plaque takes approximately 4-6 weeks and once it has arrived the cemetery staff will install it on the appropriate monument.
Prior to attending the appointment with the cemetery staff we recommend that you wander through the relevant section of the cemetery to give you an idea of what style, wording or motifs you may wish to include on the plaque.
If you have any enquiries, these can be discussed by contacting the Cemetery Curator or by calling the Whyalla City Council on (08) 8640 3444.