Toowong Cemetery

Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Photo: Commander Keane, Public domain.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Queensland, Australia
Historically known as: “Brisbane General Cemetery”
Address: Frederick Street, Toowong, QLD 4066

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium

Planetarium

Photo: Nemti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium is located on the grounds of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in the suburb of Mount Coot-tha, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium is situated 510 metres west of Toowong Cemetery.

Brisbane Botanic Gardens

Park

Photo: Figaro, Public domain.

The Brisbane Botanic Gardens are located 7 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD at the foot of Brisbane's tallest mountain, Mount Coot-tha in the suburb of Mount Coot-tha, Queensland, Australia. Brisbane Botanic Gardens is situated 1 km southwest of Toowong Cemetery.

Toowong Memorial Park

Park

Photo: Jsc1939, CC BY 3.0.

Toowong Memorial Park is a heritage-listed memorial and park at 65 Sylvan Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Rae and built c. 1922 by Andrew Lang Petrie Monumental Works. Toowong Memorial Park is situated 1¼ km southeast of Toowong Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West End and Ithaca.

West End

Suburb

Photo: Misaochan2, CC BY 4.0.

West End is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, West End had a population of 14,730 people. The Aboriginal name for the area is Kurilpa, which means place of the water rat. West End is situated 2½ km east of Toowong Cemetery.

Ithaca

Neighborhood

Ithaca is a former suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Since 1975, Ithaca has been designated a neighbourhood within the suburb of Red Hill in Brisbane. Ithaca is situated 3 km northeast of Toowong Cemetery.

Red Hill

Suburb

Red Hill is an inner northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Red Hill had a population of 5,834 people. Red Hill is situated 3½ km northeast of Toowong Cemetery.

Toowong Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-27.47444° or 27° 28′ 28″ south

Longitude

152.98194° or 152° 58′ 55″ east

Elevation

48 metres (157 feet)

Inception

1875

Open location code

5R4JGXGJ+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 19142882

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

12420790

Wikidata ID

Q7824339

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Toowong Cemetery” goes by many names.

Chinese: “圖旺公墓”
Danish: “Toowong cemetery”
Danish: “Toowong kirkegård”
French: “Brisbane General Cemetery”
French: “cimetière de Toowong”
French: “Cimetière de Toowong”
French: “Toowong Cemetery”
Hebrew: “בית הקברות טוונג”
Irish: “Reilig Toowong”
Japanese: “トゥウォング墓地”
Swedish: “Toowong Cemetery”
Welsh: “Mynwent Toowong”

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