Update

Land for a chapel and burial ground were set aside for a cemetery at Magill when the area was subdivided in 1838 as ‘The Village of Makgill’ by two Scots who had met on board ‘The Buffalo’, Robert Cock and William Ferguson. The chapel did not eventuate on this site, but the cemetery did, and it is one of the only two in Burnside (the other one is the Glen Osmond Anglican Cemetery attached to St Saviour’s Church). In 1878 the land comprising the cemetery was donated to the Magill Methodist Church

The Magill Cemetery Columbarium Wall engagement closed 18 June 2012. Council sought community feedback on the feasibility of constructing a Columbarium Wall at the Magill Cemetery site. A Columbarium (or Niche) Wall is a structure that contains niches, which hold a person’s cremated remains in an approved canister.

During the engagement the Magill Cemetery Columbarium Wall Concept Plan was available on the City of Burnside website. Support for the construction of the Columbarium Wall at the Magill Cemetery was evident.

The wall has since been installed at the southern end of the Cemetery (at the far end of the central path) which provides an area for quiet reflection.

Enquiries regarding interment can be made via our website or by calling Council on 8366 4200.