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Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Albert C Richards, Bertha F Richards and Carl W Richards, Greensborough Cemetery, 01/04/2005
Grave of Albert C Richards (died 01/04/2005), Bertha F Richards (died 12/05/1993) and Carl W Richards (died 26/08/1943) in Plot# R1 Greensborough Cemetery.Greensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.albert richards, bertha richards, carl richards, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of George S Davis, Greensborough Cemetery, 03/06/1942
Grave of George S Davis (died 3/6/1942) in Plot# Q19 Greensborough Cemetery. Photograph taken by Noel Withers 30/07/2009. The Davis family lived in Britnell's Road, Briar Hill.Greensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many of the early settlers in the district. The cemetery holds approximately 250 grave sites with 350 people buried there.Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.george s davis, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, William James (Billy) Jolly, William J Jolly and Adele Jolly, Greensborough Cemetery, 01/02/1945
Grave of William James (Billy) Jolly (died 1/2/1945), William J Jolly (died 10/05/1997) and Adele Jolly (died 21/2/2009) in Plot# O8 Greensborough CemeteryGreensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.william james jolly, billy jolly, adele jolly, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, William James (Billy) Jolly, William J Jolly and Adele Jolly, Greensborough Cemetery, 01/02/1945
Grave of William James (Billy) Jolly (died 1/2/1945), William J Jolly (died 10/05/1997) and Adele Jolly (died 21/2/2009) in Plot# O8 Greensborough CemeteryGreensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.william james jolly, billy jolly, adele jolly, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph (copy), Prudence Partington and Maria Partington, 1883c
The ladies are from the Partington family. Prudence Partington b 1858, d March 1930. Maria Partington b 1860, d January 1930. Both were unmarried. Both buried at Jessop Street Cemetery.The Partingtons were a pioneering family in the Greensborough district.An A4 black and white copy of 2 Partington sisters.The sisters' names are written in biro on the rear of the card. partington, greensborough cemetery, maria partington, prudence partington -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, St Katherine's 150th Anniversary Cairn, St Helena Cemetery, 07/12/2008
St Katherine's 150th Anniversary Cairn, St Helena Cemetery. Pottery tiles tell the story of the Church. This Historic Ceramic Panel was dedicated by Bishop Stephen Hale to commemorate the 150th Anniversary on December 7th 2008.St Helena Cemetery was originally the burial place of the Beale family and friends. The first burials took place in the 1850s. There are now over 200 burials.Digital copy of colour photographst helena cemetery, st katherines church -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Grave of F. W. MacLean; Mary MacLean and Christina MacLean, St Helena Cemetery, 06/09/1968
The Grave of F. W. MacLean (Australian Army) (died 06/09/1968), Mary MacLean (died 28/10/1994), and Christina Mary MacLean (died 12/03/1973); St Helena Cemetery.St Helena Cemetery was originally the burial place of the Beale family and friends. The first burials took place in the 1850s. There are now over 200 burials.Digital copy of colour photograph (grave)st helena cemetery, maclean family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Grave of Charles, Esther and Phyllis Roy, St Helena Cemetery, 11/03/1899
The Grave of Charles H. Roy (died 11/03/1899), Esther Roy (died 27/03/1899, aged 15 months) and Phyllis Roy (died 21/08/1939), St Helena Cemetery.St Helena Cemetery was originally the burial place of the Beale family and friends. The first burials took place in the 1850s. There are now over 200 burials.Digital copy of colour photograph (grave)st helena cemetery, roy family -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Beale family graves, Tour of St Katherine's Anglican Church and cemetery, St Helena, 27 October 2014, 27 October 2014
The portion of the church yard to the right of the entrance gate is reserved for the graves of Beale relatives and the headstones record much of the family's history. Tour of St Katherine's Anglican Church and cemetery, St Helena, 27 October 2014Born Digitalst katherine's church, st helena, cemetery, beale family -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Letter, War Office, c 1919
Letter address to Mrs J Nolan Carboor, Babbiinawarrah Victoria Australia dated 22 Mar 1919 from the War Office to advise Private E Nolan buried in St Sever Cemetery Ext. Rouen.Light brown coloured paper with black type and print.War Office - Form E Stamped - 22 MAR 1919private e nolan, rouen, france, war office, ww1, carboor -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Book - Street Directory, McConnell Publisher, The Street Finder
General district street, business and services directory aimed less at the tourist market and more at the Bendigo and Eaglehawk population. Includes advertising. Index is extensive and includes services such as child care centres, cemeteries, theatres and schools.Thirty two page, printed and bound street and business directory for Bendigo, Eaglehawk and district. Grey card front cover with grey cardboard back cover. Printed in red and black ink. Includes Index for trades, streets and services such as banks, baths, sporting clubs and police stations. Majority of content is text and advertising and the only map included in the publication is printed inside the back cover.The Street Finder / for the municipalities of / Bendigo, Eaglehawk / & District. city of greater bendigo commerce, city of greater bendigo community groups, city of greater bendigo tourism, borough of eaglehawk, making a nation exhibition -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Bust, Bust of Bishop James Moore Ballarat, c. 1890
Plaster marquette, mounted on small pedestal, of James Moore, second Catholic Bishop of Ballarat by sculptor Commons of Ballarat. Commons work is mainly evidenced in headstone work at cemeteries but this demonstrates his ability in modelling and sculpture.Dr Moore titled to front of base of bust and Commons to back.commons, james moore, bishop, ballarat, sculptor. -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs John Robertson, née Jean Wright
Married to John Robertson Snr. Mother of John Robertson (Jnr.), who was one of the first teachers at Linton State School. Died 1881 and is buried in Linton cemetery. Photograph is part of Old Lintonian collection ; No. 20.Portrait of woman wearing a dress and jacket which has frills at neck and wrists. She is seated with left arm resting on table.old lintonian collection, jean robertson (née jean wright) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 256 February 2021
Contents: • A Very Special Year by Jim Connor • A Very Different Year • Heritage Walk – Woodridge Wander – Saturday 6th March with Russell Yeoman • My School Excursion by Rose Dumaresq • Our Coronavirus Pandemic Year by Liz Pidgeon • Eltham Cemetery Shares Unique Christmas Stories by Rita Woolley • Mud Brick in the Nillumbik Shire by Frank Taylor • . . . from Dust to Dust by Neil Douglas • William (Jock) Frater • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn o John Wright Murray o Thomas Henry Orford • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical SocietyThe Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to members (Digital and A4 photocopy)newsletter, eltham district historical society, covid-19, coronavirus pandemic -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Charles Cockcroft, Grocer, Eltham, beside his delivery truck, c.1935
Charles Cockcroft born Bundanoon, NSW, 1885, died 1966 and buried in Eltham Cemetery. At one time Charles had a depot in Kangaroo Ground. He delivered groceries as far away as Panton Hill, Cottlesbridge, etc.Black and white print also negative copy of print (roll of 35mm black and white negative film, 3 strips Ilford FP4) also negative copy of print (roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 strips Kodak CP100 5094)Details inscribed in blue ink on back of photocharles burgess cockroft, grocer, vehicles, trucks -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Point Nepean Information, 1909, 1909
The Port Napean Quarantine Station was established in 1852. It is now a community of hospitals, disinfecting complex, morgue, cemetery and other defunct buildings comprised an infectious disease facility which processed newly arrived humans and livestock alike. A pink document provided with the Education Gazette outlining a summer school for teachers in 1909. It starts with "..owing to the fear of infection, many teachers hesitate to attend the Summer School at the Quarantine Station; but we are assured by the Chairman of the Board of Health (Mr Norris) that such fear is absolutely groundless. The Quarantine Station is rarely used, and then only under the stringest sanitary regulations. ..."quarantine station, port nepean quarantine station, summer school, lady loch, education department, education, port nepean -
Yarra Glen & District Historical Society
Black and white photographs, Junction Hotel, Yarra Glen
The Junction Hotel was built before 1875. It was located on the corner of the Yarra Glen-Eltham and Steels Creek Roads opposite the cemetery. The building was burnt down in August 1935. Samuel Smith was the licensee from 1895 until 1905Black and white photograph of the Junction Hotel, Yarra Glen copied from newspaper. The words "YARRA GLEN 1892" appear above the building. Sign on building "S.SMITH JUNCTION HOTEL LICENSED VICTUALLER". A woman wearing an ankle-length dress and boots is standing near main entrance. Weatherboard and iron roof, picket fence. Two bentwood chairs on brick-floored verandah. A light pole is attached to the verandah post. picket fence, nineteenth century, 19th century, hotel, bentwood chair, public house, sam smith, samuel smith, weatherboard, iron roof, tin roof, woman, junction hotel -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Carlyle Cemetery Map, Plan of Presbyterian Compartment, 1952
This is a map produced to attempt to bring order to the cemetery. Originally the layout was not well defined and it is difficult to use this plan to locate a particular grave, also the fact that not all graves are marked and foot paths are not defined has exacerbated this issue. Photocopy, White paper, black printing, black line work showing lot and compartment boundariesReferences Grid Survey points at 50 feet centres shown (as a cross with the reference mark number in brackets) Lot Number shown at left side of graves. Burial Number shown at right side of grave. Lots with unidentified burials show with dashed cross with in the lot. topographic survey, cadastral survey, carlyle cemetery, burials, graves, lot boundary, rotunda -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Carlyle Cemetery Map, Plan of Roman Catholic Compartment, 1952
This is a map produced to attempt to bring order to the cemetery. Originally the layout was not well defined and it is difficult to use this plan to locate a particular grave, also the fact that not all graves are marked and foot paths are not defined has exacerbated this issue. Photocopy, White paper, black printing, black line work showing lot and compartment boundariesReferences Grid Survey points at 50 feet centres shown (as a cross with the reference mark number in brackets) Lot Number shown at left side of graves. Burial Number shown at right side of grave. Lots with unidentified burials show with dashed cross with in the lot. topographic survey, cadastral survey, carlyle cemetery, burials, graves, lot boundary, rotunda -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Carlyle Cemetery Map, Plan of Church of England Compartment, 1952
This is a map produced to attempt to bring order to the cemetery. Originally the layout was not well defined and it is difficult to use this plan to locate a particular grave, also the fact that not all graves are marked and foot paths are not defined has exacerbated this issue. Photocopy, White paper, black printing, black line work showing lot and compartment boundariesReferences Grid Survey points at 50 feet centres shown (as a cross with the reference mark number in brackets) Lot Number shown at left side of graves. Burial Number shown at right side of grave. Lots with unidentified burials show with dashed cross with in the lot. topographic survey, cadastral survey, carlyle cemetery, burials, graves, lot boundary, rotunda -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Carlyle Cemetery Map, Plan of Wesleyan Compartment, 1952
This is a map produced to attempt to bring order to the cemetery. Originally the layout was not well defined and it is difficult to use this plan to locate a particular grave, also the fact that not all graves are marked and foot paths are not defined has exacerbated this issue. Photocopy, White paper, black printing, black line work showing lot and compartment boundariesReferences Grid Survey points at 50 feet centres shown (as a cross with the reference mark number in brackets) Lot Number shown at left side of graves. Burial Number shown at right side of grave. Lots with unidentified burials show with dashed cross with in the lot. topographic survey, cadastral survey, carlyle cemetery, burials, graves, lot boundary, rotunda -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document, Assorted documents, Jul-61
Documentation for Wall Niche with cast bronze memorial plate for Edith Susan Gerard Boyd (16 Feb 1880 - 31 Mar 1961), Robin Boyd's mother at Springvale Cemetery - includes a location plan, invoice and receipts.5 documents -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Queenstown Cemetery, Smiths Gully Road, St Andrews, 28 December 2007
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. In Loving memory of David Band Died 30th Decr. 1862, aged 51 years. John Cork Knell Died 11th April 1867, aged 42 years. Eliza Smith Died 20th Jany. 1874, aged 3 1/2 years. William Band Died 20th Feby. 1883, aged 51 years. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p73 The discovery of gold at Smyth’s Creek* in 1854 brought 3000 people to the area in search of their fortunes.1 However in the harsh conditions many miners and their families died young, and were buried in unmarked graves. Their stories died with them but by 1861, the first burial was recorded at the Queenstown Cemetery – that of William Dalrymple aged 65 – although the cemetery was only officially declared a reserve in 1866. Even before this in 1856, a double burial had been recorded for the twin baby daughters of George Harrison at Market Square, the miners’ settlement – presumably where the cemetery is today. In 1951 the Queenstown Cemetery at 70 Smiths Gully Road, Smiths Gully, closed for burials. However the last burial in a family plot, that of Grace Evelyn Smith, occurred in 1981. Today only 55 headstones remain, but more than 380 burials are recorded. Remnant bushland dominates the cemetery where many graves are merely mounds and others have been damaged by vandalism and the neglect of time. Bushfire in 1962 destroyed the picket fencing, grave markers and cypress boundary planted in the early 1900s. The box/stringybark woodland in the 1.7 hectare Cemetery Reserve is regrowth from then and the indigenous and heritage vegetation is protected. Thanks to the volunteer Cemetery Trust and Friends & Relations of Queenstown Cemetery, the cemetery is maintained, stories recorded and the burial index corrected and expanded.2 Close by the cemetery on the site of today’s Peter Franke Picnic and Nature Reserve stood Market Square, the Caledonia Diggings village of tents and stores, the forerunner of Queenstown, now St Andrews. Many of the Caledonia Diggings miners were Chinese, many of whom, with itinerant prospectors, were buried in unmarked graves. Histories are being recorded of other immigrants, mainly English and German, who settled after the gold rush, some of whose descendants fought and died in the two world wars. Names on many headstones are also recorded on the district’s roads, reserves and war memorials such as Motschall, Joyce, Howard and Coutie. The oldest surviving tombstone is that of Scot, David Band who died in 1862 at 51 years. His oldest daughter Elizabeth, with husband John Knell, owned the Queenstown Hotel and the post office. Child-rearing in a colonial gold town was often tragically difficult, as demonstrated in the first 20 years, when 41% of the 34 burials recorded were children. Settlers endured harsh conditions graphically illustrated with the deaths of Annie Joyce at 30 years and of her family. Annie was married to gold miner Walter Joyce. Their third child Walter, born in 1886, died in March 1887. Eight months later Annie died of breast cancer. Walter died in 1909, aged 53, of miner’s phthisic caused by stone dust destroying his lungs. It was so hard to make a living that burials were usually held from 2.30 pm to allow mourners to work a day before paying their last respects.3 Most burials before 1890 were recorded as Anglicans, as the only church on the Caledonia Diggings was the Church of St Andrew, until 1897, when the Primitive Methodist Church came to Panton Hill. Generally miners came to better themselves, but some, like Grace Hopkinson (nee Milward), born in England in 1828, came from a well-off and educated family. According to family legend Grace emigrated with husband William, to live in a tent, but had kept her personally embossed sterling silver cutlery service. Amid the tough environment were some successes like that reported in The Evelyn Observer April/May 1901 of miner William Hopkinson who was buried at the cemetery in 1912 aged 81. The Observer stated that Hopkinson ‘recently dropped across another find in his claim at One Tree Hill’. The lump of gold found this time weighed more than half a kilo. Mr Hopkinson referred to it as ‘another little speck’. *Today’s Smiths GullyThis collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, david band, eliza smith, gravestones, john cork knell, queenstown cemetery, smiths gully road, st andrews, william band -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Memorial Arch Gateway, Nillumbik Cemetery, Diamond Creek, 23 January 2008
The Nillumbik Cemetery is of historical, architectural, aesthetic and social significance at a Regional level (North-east Melbourne). The memorial arch is of State significance. Nillumbik Cemetery, which was established in 1867, is of historical and social significance for its association with the early history of Diamond Creek and as a record of the pioneering families of the district. Significant graves include those of the famous writer Alan Marshall, author of 'I Can Jump Puddles', footballer Gordon Coventry, and William Ellis, notable early settler and benefactor. The 1897 Tudor/Gothic revival memorial arch, bequeathed by William Ellis, is a rare design in ornamental gateways and is relatively large for the size of the cemetery. It is unique in Victoria as a cemetery gateway arch. The burial ground has associated structures, such as the hexagonal timber sexton's office, post and wire fence and picket hand gate along Main Street, all probably built in the early twentieth century. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Regional significance Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p83 Entering Nillumbik Cemetery through an ornamental gateway and shaded by the Monterey Cypress hedge helps one leave the busy world outside and contemplate yesterday’s Diamond Creek. The gateway, classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), and inscribed with ‘JANVA VITAE’ (gate of life), was a gift from a distinguished pioneer, William Ellis. Ellis, who was an original trustee of the Nillumbik Cemetery representing the Primitive Methodists and a successful farmer, bequeathed £100 to build the red-brick and carved stone gateway in 1887. In 1867 surveyor Edward Bage had set aside two acres (0.8ha) now 35 Main Street, for this cemetery, in what was then called the village of Nillumbik. Several earlier burials on private lands in the district might have been exhumed and re-interred in the new cemetery. The first burials in the cemetery are thought to be of ‘a Chinaman who hanged himself from a tree behind the Church of England’ and ‘another man who was drowned in a water-hole behind the same church’.1 The 1000 or so graves in the cemetery are grouped into five denominational sections: two Anglican and one each for the Methodist (the largest), Catholic and Presbyterian Churches. It is believed that several unmarked graves are of Aborigines and Chinese miners.2 Perhaps the most famous person buried in the cemetery was author Alan Marshall, who died in 1984 and wrote, among other books, I Can Jump Puddles. Surprisingly his grave is particularly modest consisting of only a grassed plot with a tiny boulder and a simple bronze plaque. It lies about halfway down the main path, at the west and third row back. The first European, interred at the cemetery on July 9, 1869, was Hannah, aged 13 years eight months, daughter of local orchardist John Lawrey and wife Honor.3 Each grave has a story which reflects a rich history. Phillip Cummings, who died in 1884, provided the barn for Diamond Creek’s first school, run by the Primitive Methodist Church. The barn stood at the corner of Phipps Crescent and the main road.4 Former Eltham Shire councillor George Stebbings, who died in 1896, built several prominent buildings in the district, including Shillinglaw Cottage in Eltham.5 The grave of miner James Joseph Whyte, who died in 1908, is a reminder of Diamond Creek’s gold mining history. At age 51, Whyte died from a rock fall in the Diamond Mine, Diamond Creek. Diamond Creek’s first butcher, Patrick Ryan, became President of the Shire of Heidelberg and Chairman of the Eltham Hurstbridge Railway Trust. A former gold miner, he was grandfather of local historian Reverend Jock Ryan. He was buried in an unmarked grave halfway down the central path. His son John Lawrence, who is buried elsewhere, had been a Mayor of the City of Heidelberg. George Martin Pizzey gave a hall, for what was to become The St John’s Anglican Church in Diamond Creek. He was a Crimean War veteran, mason and leather goods manufacturer in Melbourne, who died in 1915. The two world wars took a heavy toll of locals with 54 personnel buried here, two thirds of whom served in World War One. A sporting pioneer was Greensborough District Cricket Club founder, Andrew Webb, who was buried in 1971. Politician Roy Mountford Vale (Monte), who died in 1977, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Greensborough, and a founding councillor and president of the Diamond Valley Shire. Modern-day residents are also remembered in this cemetery. The tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires took their toll on the district: William Marsden of Panton Hill CFA died, aged 39, fighting bushfires at Upper Beaconsfield in 1983.6 Several graves tell of those who held distinguished positions overseas, including William Constable, who died in 1989. Constable was artistic director of a ballet company, art director of more than 30 films for London-based film productions, and was awarded best Film Art Director at the Moscow Film Festival in 1960.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, diamond creek, memorial arch, gateway, nillumbik cemetery, william ellis -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Harry Gilham, Communal Gravesite, Eltham Cemetery, 2009-2010
Information page with photos about the memorial to still born babies at Eltham cemetery, Mt Pleasant Road, Eltham which lies under the trees on the west side of cemetery. A plaque within a garden bed states: “Cherished, but not cradled. This small garden is adjacent to a communal gravesite for stillborn babies, or those who died soon after birth. They were all born and /or died at Queen Victoria Medical Centre and buried between March 1979 and April 1986.” The landscaping was funded by Stillborn and Neonatal death Support (SANDS) Vic. Members. It also initially had a low wooden seat in place. (No longer in place April 2022) The Queen Victoria Medical Centre itself was founded in 1896 and at the time was one of only three hospitals worldwide founded, managed and staffed by women. The Centre has since merged and amalgamated with the Monash Medical Centre. H.G's research also indicated that the communal burial sites within Eltham Cemetery was also for bodies that were donated for science.communal graves, eltham cemetery, s.a.n.d.s., stillbirth and neonatal death support, memorial to still born babies, women in eltham cemetery tour, memorial -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jim Connor, Memorial to still born babies, Eltham Cemetery, 1 Mar 2016
Plaque in the memorial to still born babies at Eltham cemetery, Mt Pleasant Road, Eltham which lies under the trees on the west side of cemetery. The plaque within a garden bed states: “Cherished, but not cradled. This small garden is adjacent to a communal gravesite for stillborn babies, or those who died soon after birth. They were all born and /or died at Queen Victoria Medical Centre and buried between March 1979 and April 1986.” The landscaping was funded by Stillborn and Neonatal death Support (SANDS) Vic. Members. It also initially had a low wooden seat in place. (No longer in place April 2022) The Queen Victoria Medical Centre itself was founded in 1896 and at the time was one of only three hospitals worldwide founded, managed and staffed by women. The Centre has since merged and amalgamated with the Monash Medical Centre. Records in EDHS files also indicate that the communal burial sites within Eltham Cemetery was also for bodies that were donated for science. Tomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham cemetery, sands, stillbirth and neonatal death support, memorial to still born babies, memorial plaque, plaque, women in eltham cemetery tour -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Harefield UK, 1921
Copies of historic photos of school children going to the Anzac Day ceremony in Harefield UK taken in 1921. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Jefferies, arranged for the children to participate in the annual Anzac Day service at the Military Cemetery in the village. During World War 1 the No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital was stationed at Harefield Park in Harefield, UxBridge, Middlesex UK. 111 Australian soldiers and one nurse from the hospital are buried at St Mary's Church, Harefield. This became an Australian Military Cemetery with individual headstones and an obelisk and arch.The headstones which are of a scroll design unique amongst Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries were chosen by the staff and patients at the hospital. The arch was erected by the CWGC. Anzac Day services are held there and the local school became involved with the headmaster, Mr Jefferies, bringing the school children to lay flowers on every grave on Anzac Day. This started in 1921 and has continued until at least 2021. One school child who attended was Mr Alf Young, he made contact with Legacy in the 1990s and sent photos of the Anzac Day Services and the cemetery. Legacy responded by sending Australian flags for the school children and also Legatee John Cohen met with Mr Young when in London. Melbourne Legacy staff member Susie Howard also visited Mr Young and the cemetery in 1995. Mr Young provided historical photos and information of the area to Legacy. He was featured in the widows' newsletter The Answer many times and his death was announced in The Answer in April 1997, he was 85. Many of the photos he provided were labelled as coming from Mr R G Neil, Photographic historian from Harefield. He holds copyright over those photos.A record that Legacy helped support remembrance of Anzac Day and fallen World War 1 soldiers buried in the UK.Black and white photos x 2 of school children attending Anzac service in Harefield in 1921.Handwritten label on reverse says '1921 The first Anzac day organised by Mr Jefferies Headmaster Harefield School.' Other is labeled as 'Mr Jefferies, headmaster, (heading the children) St Mary's Churchyard 1921' with an additional label saying 'Beginning of the first parade. This was Mr Jefferies, Headmaster of schools idea to have this parade, and has been held every year since. My 2 sisters and I were in this parade.' (written by Mr Alf Young).cemetery, harefield, alf young, memorial, wreath laying ceremony -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Proctor, Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane Proctor served as a nurse in WWI. She died in 1945 and is buried in Eltham Cemetery,. Contents Email T R Beaton, 5 April 2021 "Service history of 3079 Staff Nurse Sarah Jane Proctor".Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcsarah jane proctor, sarah jane procter, mrs j h treloar, hmat morea, rms hiribides, rms kashgar, hospital ship valdivia, rms nestor, nurses club rooms anzac house -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of William Poulter and Mary Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 13/03/1888
Grave of William Poulter (died 16/03/1888) and Mary Chapman Poulter (died 18/09/1899) in Plot# B6/B7 Greensborough Cemetery. This monument replaces an earlier damaged headstone. Replacement made by descendants of the family.Greensborough Cemetery was created when land was given for the cemetery by Mr William Poulter, a local settler, about 1864. The cemetery holds the graves of many early settlers in the district. Digital copy of colour photograph of grave/headstone.william poulter, mary chapman poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, De Henzell Storey, 23/12/1920
Death notice (Argus) and short obituary (The Age) of De Henzell Storey, Real Estate agent in Sandringham, who had a farm in Research and died 23 December 1920. He and his wife are buried at St Helena Cemetery.2 p. text and photographs.de henzell storey, st helena cemetery