Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Situated above the Loch Ard Gorge near the Loch Ard Gorge Parking Area you will find the small cemetery of Loch Ard . The Lock Ard Gorge was named after the ship, “Lock Ard”, that was wrecked near Princetown on the western coastline of Victoria . The ship was on route to Melbourne from Gravesend , England carrying fifty-four passengers and crew when during the early hours of 1 June 1878 , being too close inshore, she hit rocks and sank. All but two people on the ship were drowned and a small number of bodies were recovered and interred on a nearby high cliff. 

It was not until 20 September 1889 that the small burial area was gazetted as a cemetery of five acres. [VGG 1889/3144]. Five Trustees were appointed for the cemetery: Peter Cameron, Josiah Robe, Christopher Bowker, John Skinner and Michael Cody and on 6 June 1890 the Rules and Regulations regarding the operation of the cemetery were gazetted. (Australian Cemeteries).