- Fremantle Cemetery
Fremantle Cemetery is a 46
hectare cemetery located in the eastern part of Fremantle,Western Australia . Established in 1898, [The Metropolitan Cemeteries website [http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/OurCemeteries/Fremantle.html Accessed 12 December 2006.] ] it is known as the final resting place ofBon Scott and several other notable Australians.The cemetery has become the final stop for many travellers as they explore Australia as it has become fashionable to mark the end of a long pilgrimage to "have a beer with Bon" as seen in the movie Thunderstruck.
Australian Bushranger
Moondyne Joe is buried here, as is the controversial engineerC. Y. O'Connor . The site also contains the grave of executed murderersEric Edgar Cooke andMartha Rendell which until recently was unmarked. OnFebruary 9 ,2008 , following the death of actorHeath Ledger , his remains were cremated at Fremantle Cemetery; a funeral for ten members of his immediate family followed, with his ashes to be "scattered in a family plot atKarrakatta Cemetery ", in Perth.References
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