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Cowra Japanese War Cemetery - NSW

Main Plaque

Darwin

Entrance

Plaques

granite monument

Cemetery,Grave Site

Position

DEG: -33.801498 148.691696

DMS: 33º 48' 5.39" S 148º 41' 30.11" E

UTM: 55 H 6258567mN 656596mE

Altitude: 369.88m

Place Type

Heritage - Cemetery,Grave Site

Location

3.8kms North of Cowra
15.87kms SouthWest of Woodstock
26.63kms South of Canowindra
49.9kms East of Grenfell

Address & Contact

Doncaster Drive

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The Japanese War Cemetery contains Graves of the Japanese involved in the POW Breakout during World War II, as well as other internees and those involved with the battle of Darwin. The land was ceded to Japan in 1963, thus Cowra has it's own little piece of Japan. A large black granite monument dominates the Cemetery and the burning of incense, wreaths and gifts can be seen at the Cemetery after Official Functions. This is the only Japanese War Cemetery in Australia.

PlaceID	97827

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cowra at 02/06:30am EDT

Distance from Cowra Japanese War Cemetery 6.19km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
11.4°C	10.6°C	98%	11.1°C	1012.5hPa	0.2mm	S	6km/hr 3knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cowra Research Centre (Evans St)

Distance from Cowra Japanese War Cemetery 1.63km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.4	30.4	27.4	22.5	17.6	13.9	13.0	14.6	17.9	21.9	25.7	29.4
Mean Min. °C	16.7	16.6	14.0	10.2	7.1	4.8	3.7	4.6	6.6	9.2	11.9	14.6
Mean Rain mm	62.7	54.5	47.0	42.0	47.8	45.3	52.7	51.6	51.9	61.1	56.8	57.9