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Karrakatta Cemetery is a metropolitan cemetery in the suburb of Karrakatta in Perth, Western Australia. Karrakatta Cemetery first opened for burials in 1899, with Robert Creighton.〔()〕 Managed by the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, the cemetery attracts more than one million visitors each year.〔''(Karrakatta Cemetery: Rich with heritage...caring for precious memories )'' (brochure). Government of Western Australia, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board.〕 Cypress trees located near the main entrance are a hallmark of Karrakatta Cemetery.〔〔()〕 The cemetery contains a crematorium, and in 1995 Western Australia's first mausoleum opened at the site.〔 The entrance (known as the Waiting House) includes a structure designed by George Temple Poole.〔() 〕 ==Notable people== People interred at Karrakatta Cemetery include: Prime Minister John Curtin, Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck, author Joseph Furphy, Premier Sir John Forrest and John Scaddan, Auber Octavius Neville,〔()〕 Matthew Raymond Locke MG, Monty Miller, and William Baldwin (member of the New Zealand House of Representatives). In addition, the ashes of Academy Award-winning actor Heath Ledger were scattered on his family's plot in the cemetery. There are also ten Victoria Cross recipients who are interred in Karrakatta *Thomas Axford *John Carroll *Sir Hughie Edwards *Robert Gee *James Heather Gordon *George Julian Howell *Martin O'Meara *Clifford Sadlier *Hugo Throssell *James Park Woods
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