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Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Edith Poulter and Daisy Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 1907_
Grave of Edith Poulter and Daisy Poulter in Plots # G1,G2 Greensborough Cemetery. This grave has been repaired/restored 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.edith poulter, daisy poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of William Poulter and Mary Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 13/03/1888
Grave of William Poulter (died 13/03/1888) and Mary Chapman Poulter (died 18/09/1899) in Plot#B7/B8 Greensborough Cemetery. This grave has been repaired/restored 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. This monument replaces an earlier headstone.william poulter, mary chapman poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Medhurst 1, 1990c
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Members of the Medhurst family ...Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Medhurst 2, 1990c
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Members of the Medhurst family ...Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Medhurst 3, 1990c
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Members of the Medhurst family ...Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Medhurst 4, 1990c
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Members of the Medhurst family ...Members of the Medhurst family, descendants of David Medhurst who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. He also wrote for the local paper.Digital copy of colour photograph.medhurst family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Victor and Mary Bonsak, Greensborough Cemetery, 11/04/1891
Grave of Victor Bonsak (died 11/04/1891) and Mary Bonsak (b1878 died 24/03/1938) in Plot# N3 Greensborough Cemetery. Johann George Bonzak arrived at Port Phillip on December 19th 1849, from Germany. Mary Bonzak, of German birth, applied for a Certificate of Naturalization in Eltham on 13th April 1905. She had 10 children (4 boys and 6 daughters) . Her sister (maybe) Sarah Jane Bonsak (1881-1978) married George Arthur Iredale in 1908. A Bonzak Family lived near the Partington Family of Willis Vale.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 Greensborough Cemeteryvictor bonsak, mary bonsak -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Thomas A Elliott and Elizabeth Elliott, Greensborough Cemetery, 01/12/1880
Grave of Thomas A Elliott (died 01/12/1880) and Elizabeth Elliott (died 16/08/1868) in Plot# C3 and C4 Greensborough Cemetery. The Elliott family arrived in Greensborough in the early 1860's.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.thomas a elliott, elizabeth elliott, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Frances Jolley and James Jolley , Greensborough Cemetery, 14/05/1912
Grave of Frances Jolley (died 14/05/1912) and James Jolley (died 26/12/1916) in Plot# N10/N11 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.jolley family, frances jolley, james jolley, greensborough cemetery -
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
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Alice Splatt, Greensborough Cemetery, 15/05/1898
Grave of Alice Splatt nee Memmott (died 1898) in Plot# G10 Greensborough Cemetery. This headstone has been repaired/restored 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.splatt family, alice splatt -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Harriet Splatt, Greensborough Cemetery, 21/09/1891
Grave of Harriet Splatt (died 1881) in Plot# G8 Greensborough Cemetery. This headstone has been repaired/restored 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.harriet emma splatt, greensborough cemetery, harriet splatt -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Henry Anning Splatt at Greensborough Cemetery, 17/11/1886
Grave of Henry Anning Splatt , Greensborough Cemetery. This grave has been repaired/restored 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.henry anning splatt, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Saxam interior, 1896_
'Saxam' was the home of the Kaye family (1886-1888) then William Santon, a former councillor and Mayor of Heidelberg. Saxam Homestead is a distinctive and substantial timber homestead built in the late 1880s as one of the notable rural properties in the St Helena area. [Photo G. Studley]. Seated are Mr and Mrs Kaye, standing William Santon who was a local footballer, councillor and later Mayor of Heidelberg. In 2014 the house still stands but is in poor condition with most interior features such as this fireplace removed. Digital copy of black and white photograph.saxam, william santon, santon family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph - Digital image, Pill Family, 1910c
... John Pill was murdered at Cottlesbridge in 1958. local family ...Part of a collection of photographs copied from the late Shirley Fraser (nee Black), also descendant of the McLaughlin and Whatmough family. This photograph shows six children of the Pill family (mother Jessie Ann Whatmough, father John Henry Pill), taken at family orchard at 1440 Heidelberg - Kinglake Rd Cottlesbridge. The children are from left to right; Evelyn Alice b 1890, Bertram b 1896, Edwin Henry b 1888, Harry Stanley b 1899, Florence Jessie b 1892 and seated in front William John b 1894. William John Pill was murdered at Cottlesbridge in 1958. local familyDigital copy of black and white photograph.shirley fraser, pill family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Burt Harris, 1935c
Studio portrait of Burt Harris, a Greensborough local. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.peter blackbourn, burt harris -
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, Grave of Thomas A Elliott and Elizabeth Elliott, Greensborough Cemetery, 01/12/1880
Grave of Thomas A Elliott (died 1880) and Elizabeth Elliott (died 1868) in Plot# C3 and C4 Greensborough Cemetery. The Elliott family arrived in Greensborough in the early 1860's.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.thomas a elliott, elizabeth elliott, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Eliza Maurer, Hans Maurer, Lily Maurer and Harold Maurer , Greensborough Cemetery, 01/12/1938
Grave of Lily Maurer (died 29/08/1933), Hans Maurer (died 07/04/1942), Eliza Maurer (died 01/12/1938), and Harold Maurer (died 19//11/1936) in Plot# J1 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 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.maurer family, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Hazel Rust, Greensborough Cemetery, 07/01/1991
Grave of Hazel Rust (died 07/01/1991) Plot# unknown, Greensborough Cemetery. . The Rust Family lived in Henry Street.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.hazel rust, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of William Poulter and Mary Chapman Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery [damaged headstone and replacement headstone], 13/03/1888
Grave of William Poulter (died 13/03/1888) and Mary Chapman Poulter (died 18/09/1899) [date not clear due to damage] in Plot#B8 Greensborough Cemetery. Photographs 2 and 3 shows the replacement headstone erected circa 2012.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. Post 2012 descendants of some pioneer families have been replacing damaged headstones.Digital copy of colour photograph of damaged grave/headstone. Digital copy of colour photographs of replacement headstone.william poulter, mary chapman poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Edith Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 1907_
Grave of Edith Poulter (died 1907) in Plot# G1/G2 Greensborough Cemetery. Post 2012 descendants of some pioneer families have been replacing damaged headstones.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.edith poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Giles Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 15/12/1926
Grave of Giles John Poulter (died 15/12/1926) in Plot# G3 Greensborough Cemetery (new headstone). Post 2012 descendants of some pioneer families have been replacing damaged headstones.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.giles john poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grave of Susan Haylock Poulter, Greensborough Cemetery, 20/07/1886
Grave of Susan Haylock Poulter (died 20/07/1886) in Plot# unknown Greensborough Cemetery. Post 2012 descendants of some pioneer families have been replacing damaged headstones.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.susan haylock, susan poulter, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Grave of Henry Anning Splatt at Greensborough Cemetery, 17/11/1886
Grave of Henry Anning Splatt (died 17/11/1886) in Plot#G9 Greensborough Cemetery. Post 2012 descendants of some pioneer families have been replacing damaged headstones.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.henry anning splatt, greensborough cemetery -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Gary’s one of the locals, 20/06/2012
This article was organised to advertise the Greensborough Historical Society, of which Gary is a member. The family connections of Partington and Whatmough and their history in the area are discussed. Gary Partington is a descendant of the Partington and Whatmough families, pioneers in the Greensborough district. Newspaper article with coloured photograph of Gary Partington. 2 copiesIn red pen: DV Leader June 20, 2012.gary partington, greensborough historical society, ghs, partington family, whatmough family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clippings, Methodist church, 1931_
Activities of the Greensborough Methodist Church. Articles written by David Medhurst, local correspondent for the Hurstbridge Advertiser.Mentions the family names as follows: Knapsey, Partington, Weaver, Carse, Scholes, Iredale and Quirk.Three newspaper cuttings of stories regarding the activities of the Greensborough Methodist church in the 1930's.Nildavid medhurst, hurstbridge advertiser, knapsey, partington, weaver, carse, scholes, iredale, quirk, methodist church -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Henry Cordner (1885-1943) and Edward Rae Cordner (1887-1963), 1885-1963
... identity in Greensborough. His family were involved in many local ...Records some of the early history of the Cordner family including their sporting and education backgrounds. Written in 2011.Dr Edward Rae Cordner was a prominent local identity in Greensborough. His family were involved in many local causes. The family had a close association with the University Football club and the Melbourne Football club. His son Don won the Brownlow Medal in 1946.A half page article on the Cordner brothers.Nilcordner, greensborough, melbourne football club, university football club, brownlow medal winners, melbourne grammar school -
Greensborough Historical Society
Booklet, Pro Track News - Issue 14, 1981_12
... for future events. Was donated by the Partingtons, a local family who ...Records national and international athletics results for events during 1981. It also contains programs for future events.Was donated by the Partingtons, a local family who were involved in athletics.A 20 page newsletter issued in December 1981 by the Australian Athletics Confederation.Nilathletics, stawell gift, partington -
Greensborough Historical Society
Oral History, The Dickson Family story / by Rosie Bray, 1951o
Bonnie Dickson recounts her early married life in Greensborough from 1955, the building of their home in Nell Street and their involvement in the local community.A primary source recollection of Greensborough in the mid-20th century.2 typed pages. Second copy of Item bonnie dickson, ray dickson, rosalie bray, nell street, greensborough, oral history.