Hazelwood Cemetery
Established 1879
In memory of the 13 victims of disastrous bushfires in 1944
Section layout 2021
In memory of the 13 victims of disastrous bushfires in 1944
Hazelwood Public Cemetery
Established in 1879, with over 5000 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.
Immediate Contact
Hazelwood Cemetery Trust
Office Hours
Tuesday & Wednesday
9-30am to 1-30pm
Secretary
Ms Rose Mildenhall
Phone: 03 51339183
Mob: 0402 391 164
Events & Announcements
March 2025
Register Search Facility
Our Register search page has been updated and now contains all internments to February 2025. Please note not all 2024/25 monuments & plaques have had photographs added to the search facility yet. Hopefully this will be completed soon.
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 2025
On a recent visit to Hazelwood Cemetery on a magnificent Autumnal day with the lawns neatly trimmed, flowers real and artificial lending great colours, the cemetery was indeed a place to celebrate life and to reflect on the lives of loved one resting peacefully in the quiet and beautiful setting.
Further similar 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 Grounds/Maintenance Person Peter Puttock-De Jong ably assisted by Chairperson Leo Billington as well as other Trust members from time to time.
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.
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.
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.
Hazelwood Cemetery Trust Lone Pine
Provided April 2016