On 20th September 1878 land was gazetted for the purposes of a cemetery in the township of Goornong (Government Gazette, No. 53, 10th June 1881). The first burial occurred in the Goornong Cemetery on 4th August 1884. The site is known as Goornong Public Cemetery.
Physical description
Goornong Cemetery Headstones Research by Allan Llewellyn