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Fremantle Cemetery was established in 1898. Fremantle Cemetery offers a range of different burial options from traditional monumental areas to lawn burial areas. Chapels are traditionally worn for cremation services but can also be impaired for burial services in which mourners congregate at the chapel for a service earlier to succeeding the hearse to the burial plot. When he was six, the family moved to Fremantle. It is thought that hers was the beginning serious at the cemetery to be marked by a headstone. He served on the East Fremantle Council for 29 of his remaining 30 years, including five years as mayor. William left the colony around this time. Remained a man of adventure and promoter of the port of Fremantle. He was involved in community affairs as a member of the Fremantle Hospital Board. The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board has established a spontaneous burial area at Fremantle Cemetery. The garden environment of Karrakatta Cemetery offers many pretty and clam locations for burials. The Board has a potent commitment to maintaining these areas as restful places for personal reflection. The Board provided the land for the facility and was responsible for construction and landscaping. Those service personnel who died during the specified war periods for the two world wars and other wars, conflicts and military operations and who are buried in the Perth War Cemetery or general cemeteries throughout the State of Western Australia, including Karrakatta are in the main, not affected by the Cemetery Renewal Program. Established in 1937 as Western Australia’s beginning mausoleum, Karrakatta’s garden crypt mausoleum and ossuary is located near the historic heart of Karrakatta Cemetery, fair a short walk from Railway Road. By the time she was 18, Edith had lost both parents and was married to James Cohan. She was the first woman member of any Australian Parliament. He was one of the state’s most respected police officers and his death was reported in The West Australian and the Western Mail. In 1883 he joined the Victorian Public Service, where he served for the after 13 years. His pensive in England is tranquil retained with a headstone that recognizes him as being from Perth, Western Australia. His was the first burial at Karrakatta Cemetery the next day. Obvious as Sister Kate’s, the home provided, with generous outer support, cottage homes and schooling for over 100 children. Michael O’Dean was the first undertaker appointed to the Karrakatta Cemetery Board and served from 1916 to his end in 1932 at the age of 68 years. She returned to Perth in 1959 and worked for Aboriginal welfare.