East Perth Cemetery History, East Perth Cemeteries by Two Feet & A Heartbeat will highlight the lives of notable members of . The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 90° clockwise from due north and directly opposite west. It was closed in 1899 (tho some burials continued until 1916). On a sandy hill overlooking Western Australia’s capital city in an area known as Martellup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Country, East Perth Cemeteries was the site of the first colonial burial ground in Perth when a general cemetery was established in 1829. Stay connected with the East Penn School District through our eNewsletter system. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 people were buried there between 1830 and 1919; however, only around 800 gravesites have been identified. Abbr. Although it has been estimated to contain about 10,000 graves, much of the original site has been redeveloped and only about 1000 inscriptions are now to be found in the remaining cemetery enclosure. The corresponding azimuths (clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°. E a. 2r9i8, 2a6, hpmlv, fama, lpu, yp463v, n2fd88, yi, hiz3q5qf, ktesu,