The Eltham Cemetery is situated on the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Cemetery Road, Eltham in the Shire of Nillumbik. The Eltham Cemetery Trust, established in 1858, selected the site on high ground overlooking the village of Eltham. Trustees appointed from various church and local organisations have administered and maintained the cemetery to this day. The cemetery, set in natural bushland adjoining Montsalvat, is the resting place of Sir William Irvine a former Premier and Chief justice of Victoria. Headstones depict the names of many pioneering and well known local families.