Gravestones in the Sandon Cemeterysandon, sandon cemetery

Sandon is a locality in central Victoria, split between the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Hepburn.A gravestone in the Sandon Cemetery.Sacred to the memory of Stephen Henwood beloved husband of Mary Keast who died at Strangways June 27th 1901 aged 69 years.sandon, sandon cemetery, cemetery art, draped urn, stephen henwood, mary keast, strangways

In 1860 the Wurundjeri Elder, Wonga, petitioned the Victorian Parliament for a piece of land in his people’s own country where he could establish a settlement. The land later named Coranderrk was granted. When Wonga died in 1875 his nephew William Barak, known by settlers as ‘King William, last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe’, became the leader, the Ngurungaeta. William Barak believed strongly in justice for his people, and time and again made the arduous walk to Melbourne to petition to Parliament and to Queen Victoria for his people. ‘Freedom for our lifetime’, he said. The community at Coranderrk welcomed Aboriginal people displaced from other parts of Victoria; they established an economically self-sufficient settlement by growing and marketing hops. Barak negotiated with the Victorian Government officials as they made promises and broke promises. They finally promised to export the whole of a hop harvest of one year. The people worked around the clock to fill the contract; the Government pocketed the proceeds. The community never recovered. Barak died in 1903— a broken-hearted man. (from http://www.sosj.org.au/_uploads/_cknw/files/Corenderrk.pdf) Artist William Barak is buried in this cemetery.Photographs of graves in grass and bushland. It is the Corenderrk Cemetery, and is associated with the former Corenderrk Aboriginal Reserve.corenderrk, wurundjeri, barak, aborigines, aboriginal, cemetery, grave, barak, jemima dunolly

Ballaarat Old Cemetery was officially established in 1856, with a board of trustees. It had been opened by Ethersay and has burials relating back to 1848. The Rules and Regulations of this historic cemetery are dated 1854, two years prior to its official establishment. Of historic significance are the Eureka Diggers' Graves and the Soldiers Graves associated with Eureka. It is now part of the Ballarat Cemetereis Trust, incorporating the Ballarat Old nad New Cemeteries and the Crematorium.Colour photograph of a gravestone/diamond, sarah diamond, mary diamond, francis diamond, ballarat, cemetery, ballarat old cemetery, gravestone, burials

Joseph Parker was the son of Edward Stone Parker and Mary Cooke Parker, Protector of Aborigines at the Franklinford Aboriginal Protectorate.Parker Gravestone at Franklinford Cemetery"In memory of Amelia, wife of Joseph Parker, Died 15th OCt. 1893, aged 71 years. Joseph Parker 1831-1917. Second son of the Protector Authority on Aboriginal Lore. Also, their children Francis Ware, died 23rd April 1862, aged 10 months. Mary Francis, Died 24th March 1866, aged 3 years. frankinford cemetery, edward stone parker, mary cooke parker, protector of aboriginies, mount franklin aboriginal protectorate, joseph parker, amelia parker, francis ware parker, mary frances parker

Daniel and Denis Kavanagh were brothers from County Carlow, Ireland. Denis Kavanagh died at Garvoc, Victoria. Kavanagh memorial in the Warrnambool Cemetery. warrnambool cemetery, denis kavanagh, daniel kavanagh, county carlow, ireland, garvoc

Photpgraph of Vaughan Cemetery, Victoria.vaughan, vaughan springs, vaughan chinese cemetery, chinese

Colour photograph of the Vaughan Cemetery. vaughan, vaughan cemetery, william lancaster, ellen lancaster, timothy larkins, bridget lancaster, e. lancaster

Colour photograph of Vaughan Cemetery.vaughan, vaughan cemetery, william lancaster, ellen lancaster, timothy larkins, bridget lancaster, e. lancaster

Photographs of graves in Vaughan Cemetery.vaughan, vaughan cemetery

Colour photograph of the Bendigo Cemetery.bendigo cemetery, graves

Dorothy Wickham contributed many articles to the weekend pages of the Ballarat Courier for many years. This article appeared in The Courier, nd.Newspaper clipping on cemetery symbolism.cemetery, symbolism

Nazzaro Sartori was born in SwitzerlandSartori Headstone at Franklinford Cemetery"In Loving Memory of our dear father Nazzaro Sartori who died 31st Dec 1910 aged 69 years. Also our dear mother Charlotte Sartori who died 30th March 1902 Aged 45 years. Also our uncle Pietro Sartori who died 25th Nov 1897 aged 58 years."nazzaro sartori, charlotte sartori, pietro sartori, swiss/italian, franklinford cemetery

This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand.The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Black and white photograph of the Halfey memorial in the Boroondara General Cemetery. The memorial, surmounted by a winged angel, is the tallest monument in the cemetery. "Halfey Memorial"boroondara general kew cemetery, notable graves -- kew (vic.), halfey memorial

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

Document. Certificate of title Burial plot. Eaglehawk Public Cemetery Certificate of Title and receipts for Burial Plot purchased by Herbert Louis Perry. 15th December 1911. Register No. 7310 Compartment No. 02, 11 Baptist Section. Document has Municipality of Eaglehawk Red Seal.document, certificate, gertrude perry collection, gertrude perry collection, herbert louis perry, eaglehawk pupblic cemetry, certificate of title burial plot

Colour photographs of Lake Condah Cemetery.lake condah, lake condah aboriginal mission, aborigines, cemetery

Colour photographs of the headstones at Buchan Cemetery.buchan, buchan cemetery, cemeteries, headstones

Nazzaro Sartori was born in SwitzerlandDelmue and Scheggia Headstone at the Franklinford Cemeteryfrankinford cemetery, francisco delmue, johan scheggia, giovani scheggia, margarita scheggia

Noonan family memorial in the Warrnambool Cemetery. warrnambool cemetery, noonan

Martino PEdretti was born in Brusio, Switerland and Sarah Pedretti was born in Victoria, the daughter of Exile convict George Ind. Photograph of the Pedretti headstone in the Daylesford Cemetery.Sacred to the memory of Sarah, beloved wife of Martin Padretti (sic), died 8th May 1904, aged 50 years. Also the above Martin Pedretti, died 8th March 1914, aged 71 years. Also their son James beloved husband of Mary Pedretti died 13th Octr 1912, aged 35 years.michael pedretti, martino pedretti, james pedretti, mary pedretti, sarah pedretti, sarah ind, daylesford cemetery

Colour photograph of the chapel in the Bendigo Cemetery.bendigo cemetery, graves, chapel

Colour photograph of headstones in the Bendigo Cemetery.bendigo cemetery, graves, headstones

Colour photographs of the Potin Nepean Cemetery.point nepean, point nepean cemetery, jennie o'hara, john o'hara, edjar james taylor, frederick hicowe, george walker, edward skelton, harriet skelton, hannah ford, margaret ford, peter purves, elizabeth bowie, robert bowie, edward pike, john fercus, mary jane fercus, charles hugh fercus, ticonderoga, helen mcrae, sarah mcdonald, angus mcdonald, margaret mcdonald, william henry boyle, quarantine station

Colour photograph of a grave in the Bendigo Cemetery.Erected by David Brough in memory of his beloved wife Jean, who died Aug 10th 1889, aged 70 years Also their daughter Annie, the beloved wife of Joseph Walker, who died June 2nd 1873, aged 22 years.> "Thy will be done." Also David Brough died nov. 1st 1900, aged 79 years. At rest bendigo cemetery, david brough, jean brough walker, joseph walker, annie, gravestone

Photograph of the Pedrini Memorial at Frankinford CemeterySacred to the Memory of our dear uncle Vincenzo Pedrini who died at Yandoit 5th Novr 1912 aged 75 years also his nephew Giosue Pedrini who was accidentally killed at Yandoit 3rd July 1895vincenzo pedrini, giosue pedrini, franklinford cemetery, yandoit, swiss/italian

This is one of eight embroidered panels, completed during the 1988 Australian Bi-Centennial, and carried out under the auspices of City of Kew Council and the Kew Historical Society. Nearly 600 residents, including many children, participated in their production by adding a few or more stitches. A book records their names and the panels upon which they worked. Artist: Joy Stewart / Co-ordinator: Dorothy Benyei.4. Boroondara Cemetery, established 1859. A framed embroidery created by adults and children of the City of Kew as a Bicentennial project, based on a design by the artist Joy Stewart. Five of the six completed embroideries created in the project are/were displayed in the Kew Library. [The five embroidered panels have now been temporarily removed for conservation reasons].Inscription: "BOROONDARA CEMETERY / Established 1859. Horse drawn trams from Victoria Bridge terminated at gates, bringing visitors to the graves of relatives and friends, and sightseers to view the impressive pioneer memorials." Embroidered signature of the artist: "(c) JStewart, 1988"bicentennial project (kew), joy stewart, boroondara general (kew) cemetery, australian bicentennial

The Victorian-era architect George Wharton, the initial surveyor of Kew. In 1866, he designed and had built Fernhurst in Studley Park, the house a prominent landmark. He resided there until his death, aged 69, on 26 November 1891. He was buried on 27 November in Grave 1520, Church of England Compartment B, Boroondara General Cemetery. Fernhurst Grove is named after his house, which was demolished in 1979.Born digital image of the grave and headstone of the architect George Wharton in the Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery, 2013. George Wharton created the first survey of Kew and was elected the Municipality's first Chairman in 1861.victorian architects - george wharton, chairmen of kew (vic) - george wharton, boroondara general (kew) cemetery