The discovery of gold in Smyth's Creek in 1854 and subsequent gold rush to the Caledonia diggings led to the establishment of Queenstown (present day St Andrews). The first recorded burial was July 31st, 1861 and it was officially declared a Cemetery Reserve in 1866. Many graves are unmarked and unrecorded including many Chinese and other itinerant miners. The cemetery was closed for new burials in 1851. The last recorded burial was in 1981 in an existing family grave.35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)queenstown cemetery, smiths gully road, st andrews

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

Situated opposite Queenstown Cemetery35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)smiths gully road, st andrews, nature history trail, smiths gully

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)arthurs creek, bridge construction, doctors gully road, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lintons bridge, nutfield

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)arthurs creek, bridge construction, doctors gully road, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lintons bridge, nutfield

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)arthurs creek, bridge construction, doctors gully road, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lintons bridge, nutfield

35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)arthurs creek, bridge construction, doctors gully road, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lintons bridge, nutfield

Water drainage work undertaken by Eltham Shire Council in Bonds Road, Lower Plenty outside the Martin property opposite Montpelier Drive, July 1972 35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)Bonds Road (Martin property) 12.10 pm 18.7.72bonds road, drainage works, eltham shire council, infrastructure, lower plenty, martin property, montpelier drive

weller album, sherbrooke, picnics, officers, 1925, cadets

Source: Mrs. McMinn, Kinglake.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, fern gully

Source: Mrs. McMinn, Kinglake.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, fern gully

Source: Mrs. E.R. Reynolds, Thompson Crescent, ResearchThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, research (vic.), research gully road

Three colour photographslong gully, watsons creek

From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographbridges, arthurs creek, lintons bridge, nutfield, doctors gully road

Looking for a route for a walking trail from Kinglake to the Yarra River. Not shown is Rod Roscholler. Colour photograph1982, long gully, watsons creek, lodi francesconi, russell yeoman

Colour photograph1982, long gully, watsons creek

Black and white photographgeneral store, smiths gully, milk bar, post office, service satation, shops

Newspaper clippinggeneral store, smiths gully

Source: Mrs. E.R. Reynolds, Thompson Crescent, ResearchThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, research (vic.)