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Queenstown Cemetery Trust and Friends & Relations of Queenstown Cemetery
Burial Register, Eltham Shire Burial Book, Circa 1860
The Burial Registered was given to Martha Wike after her successful negotiation with the Commissioners to transfer the Trusteeship from the Eltham Council to local individuals It is the original Burial Register, handwritten by the Registrar of the Eltham CouncilPhotocopy of first page of Burial Register in the Queenstown Public Cemetery Item to be updated when the Register comes out of storage Page No 1, Date of Burial, Name of Deceased, Age, Late Residence,Ptivate or Public Gravecemetery records, burial documents, queenstown cemetery, nillumbik shire council, gold rush, caledonian diggings, queenstown, smiths gully cemetery -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document (Item), Trustees of the Melbourne General Cemetery, Certificate of Right of Burial for James Renton WATTERS, 1902
The Certificate of Right of Burial was issued to Captain James Renton WATTERS (mis-spelled as WATERS) gave him he right, for the sum of One pound, to be buried in an 8 x 3 at Melbourne General Cemetery. James died in 1919 and was buried in his purchased plot/As well as the handwritten information, there are 2 date stamps ( Jun 25 1907 and Jun 22 1908) and an undertaker's stamp.james renton watters, death and funerals -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Right of Burial, 1926
Box Hill general Cemetery.Box Hill general Cemetery. Certificate of Right of Burial for Mr William Cook, granted 27 Oct 1926 No. 7471 Grave No. 314Box Hill general Cemetery. cook, william -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image, "A Native Burial Place (Weeping Caps in Foreground), c1918, c1918
A burial place, surrounded with bark. central australia, aborigines, aboriginal burial place, burial caps, aboriginal -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Gordons Burial Ground, 2021, 2021
Colour photographs of graves in the Gordons Burial Groundgordons burial ground, michael canny, patrick canny, gordon cemetery, hannah canny, hand forged, harp of ein -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Burials at Aird Hill Burial Ground, c1980
Burials at Air Hill Burial Ground : Appendix c from 'The History of St John's Mitcham' by Syd Wright. With manuscript notes on entries registered under Box Hill.st johns catholic church, mitcham, air hill burying ground -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Photo, Photo of seven diggers transporting a wounded digger thru the mud on the Somme in 1917. Note burial cross in background, 1917
Actual photo of the condition on the Somme in 1917UniqueActual Photo showing the depth of mud on the Somme in 1917See Photo, note the burial cross in the mud behind the wounded digger. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Certificate - Document, Certificate of Right of Burial, 16/12/1899
Certificate of Right of Burial in Box Hill Cemetery for Louis Schwerkolt, 16 Dec 1899box hill cemetery, schwerkolt, louis -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - ANZACS in FRANCE, daily Mail, A Burial on the Battlefield
WW1 Anzacs in FranceIllustrates the often fatal consequences of war while appealing to patriotism at the same timeBlack and white PostcardOn Reverse: The burial of an Anzac man behind the lines where he fought and died for the Empire. Also Series XIX No 149. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book - Family History, Joy, Shirley, The Search For The Beaumaris Cemetery Victoria 1855--1865 : The Wesleyan burial ground in the Parish of Moorabbin, 1995
A history of the Beaumaris Cemetery and who is buried there and the subdivision of the Wesleyan church.vii, 92 leaves : ill., facsims., 1 plan, ports. A large spiral bound book with a soft cover detailing the early burial sites in the Beaumaris Cemetery.The front cover is white with a drawn picture of three graves and a girl in a long dress standing beside them also on the cover is the The Wesleyan Burial Ground in the Parish of Moorabbin.non-fictionA history of the Beaumaris Cemetery and who is buried there and the subdivision of the Wesleyan church.beaumaris, cheltenham, graves, burials, cemetery, registrar's records, subdivision, wesleyan. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jim Connor, Queenstown Cemetery Burial Register 1861-1981, Queenstown Cemetery, Smiths Gully Road, St Andrews, 8 March 2023
Installed by the Queenstown Cemetery Trust December 2009 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.jim connor collection, 2023-03-08, queenstown cemetery, smiths gully road, st andrews -
Clunes Museum
Booklet, ROBERT W BELL, A VISITORS GUIDE TO THE TWO BUNINGYONG BURIAL PLACES, 2001
GUIDE TO CEMETERIES, HISTORY AND GUIDE OF TWO BUNINYONG CEMETERIESPALE GREEN COVER BOOKLET. WITH BLACK INK TITLE AND AUTHOR AND AN IMAGE OF A RURAL CEMETERY WITH TWO ADULT FIGURES, A YOUNG FIGURE AND A DOG IN A CEMETERY. 20 PAGESnon-fictionGUIDE TO CEMETERIES, HISTORY AND GUIDE OF TWO BUNINYONG CEMETERIESlocal history, document, burial places, buninyong, burials ground -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard, The Burial of Two British Soldiers on the Battlefield, c1916
Most probabaly purchased by Harry Holmes.World War One official war postcard showing troops burying two British soldiers on the battlefield.world war one, harry holmes, burial, funeral, cemetery, troops, henry holmes, ascot -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET WW1, Dedication & Burial - Fromelles (Pleasant Wood) Military Cemetery, 2010
Soft cover, glossy paper. Black print on gold background showing soldiers in silhouette. Front cover to page 20 printed in English. Back cover to page 20 printed in French. 20 English & 20 French cut, plain, white pages. Illustrated black / white / colour photos & maps.Printed on front: “Order of Service Dedication and Burial Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery 19 July 2010” Printed on back: “Protocole de la Ceremononie Inauguration et Inhumation Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery 19 Juillet 2010”booklet, fromelles, dedication, pheasant wood -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Photograph, Photograph of burial of Br Purton
Br Purton M.A. was principal of St Patrick's College Ballarat from - . His funeral and burial (pictured) took place from St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat on Wednesday 28 September 1948.br purton, christian brothers, st patrick's college ballarat. st patrick's cathedral. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES LETTER, 26.2.1920
The letter to Mr Williams relates to the burial of No 1442 Pte W. Williams 2nd Bn AIF and is burial place “Browns Dip North Beach Gallipoli 500 yards south of ANZAC Cove. Refer Cat No 4342P for his service details also Cat No 1859P for medals and photo.Australian Imperial Force Official letterhead, light cream coloured, typing in black relating to the loss of Pte W. Williams and his initial burial on ANZAC.Typed in black, “Mrs S.T.Williams 323 Littleton Terrace Bendigo Vic”letters, graves, burial, anzac cove -
Greensborough Historical Society
Postcard, The Burial of two British soldiers on the battlefield, 1919c
One of a series of official war photographs of World War I. The caption on back of card reads "Into this battlefield grave two dead British soldiers have been reverently placed, while the Padre reads the solemn words of the Burial Service".Colour photograph, black and white text on versoDaily Mail Battle Pictures. Official war photographs, Series III No. 23.world war 1 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery, Lease,Account from West End Timber Yards for Coffin
Photocopies of original documentsPhotocopies of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery dated 15/01/1906 and 2 receipts for same plots labelled Toolamba West Public Cemetery dated 6/12/1905, Lease between John Herbert Davies & Catherine Heaphy for the Criterion Hotel Tatura, Account from West End Timber Yards (A. Miles) for Coffin and Hearse & Conducting Funeral. All are photocopies on A4 paper.tatura, heaphy, cemetery, criterion hotel, west end timber yards, davies, cussen, documents, certificates -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate, Form of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Clunes Public Cemetery: Mrs Mary Williams, 1899, 10/10/1899
Burial form for the Clunes Public Cemetery. Mrs Mary Williams completed the form to purchase a plot in the Methodist Section, Plot 3634. Paper outlines in detail the conditions and responsibilities of heirs with regard to the area. The Trustees of the Cemetery, Frederick John Matthews, Joseph Preston, M O'Toole and s. Allen signed this before a witness.Foolscap size with appropriate information written in by hand Signatures of Trustees Date: 10 October 1899 Red sealmary williams, clunes public cemetery, right of burial, methodist section, trustees, frederick john matthews, m o'toole, s allen, joseph preston -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Document - Database, Dorothy Wickham, Ethersay's Book Ballarat Old Cemetery, 1994
Dorothy Wickham Researcher BDGS transcribed burials for Ballarat that were prior to the Cemetery Records that started in 1856. Burials as written transcribed from Ethersay's Burial Register, Ballarat Old Cemetery. 99 burialsballaarat old cemetery, burials, ethersay, early burials -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Tarnagulla Cemetery Receipt for Burial Fees, 12th March, 1900
Donald Clark Collection.Receipt for Burial Fees from Tarnagulla Cemetery, for money received from Domenico Delmarco in March 1900death, burial -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, Possibly WW1 era
Sepia photo of a group of soldiers & seamen assembled onboard a troopship for what appears to be a sea burial.photography-photographs, military history - army, burial -
Clunes Museum
Certificate
PURCHASE OF PIECE OF GROUND OF CLUNES CEMETERY APPROPRIATED FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC BURIALS.PAPER CERTIFICATE ISSUED FOR CLUNES PUBLIC CEMETERY, IN THE NAME OF MR. MICHAEL KIERCE.FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RIGHT OF BURIAL NO. 3545 FIVE POUNDS STERLING..local history, document, certificates, kierce -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, A Native Sepulchre, or Aboriginal Mode of Burial
death, skeleton, aboriginal, aborigine -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letter, Letter To the Talbot's from friend Shirley about the arrangements for Jack Harker's burial with Ruby. He died 2001
Ruby was Jack (Archie'S) wife who died in 2000. She was buried in Box Hill Cemetery but when Jack died a year later he could not be nuried with Ruby as he wished. So Shirley, who wrote the letter, related how the problem was solved by cremating Jack and then placing the ashes with Ruby. The Talbots lived in Queensland.3 pages hand written on heavy pink paper. No date or address which has been cut off.right hand corner page one. -
St Kilda Historical Society
Legal record - Certificate, Certificate of Right of Burial in the St Kilda General Cemetery, 1929
Certificate showing that, upon payment of 10 pounds, Edith Jackson was granted a plot number 165a in the Baptist section of the St Kilda General Cemetery, on 14 February 1929.White paper, discoloured with age, printed and handwritten on both sides in black. Red wax seal attached.st kilda cemetery, edith jackson -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, Bennett, Catherine, A report on the Aboriginal Skeletal Remains from the Chenery Burial, near Skipton, Site Number: 7522/20, 1987
29 P.; Appendices; plates; figs.; tables; refs.; 33 cm.skeletal remains-aboriginal-chenery near skipton vic. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, Aboriginal Burial Practices - 4 various documents
1. Australian Funeral Directors Association - Information Session April 1996. 2. Burial Practices of the Native Tribes of South East Australia. 3. Aboriginal Burial Customs by A Kenyon (copy) 4. Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs This document includes descriptions of funeral rites; Koorie cemerteries; beliefs concerned with the dead along with accounts of early anthropologists on these matters.30 cm.1. Australian Funeral Directors Association - Information Session April 1996. 2. Burial Practices of the Native Tribes of South East Australia. 3. Aboriginal Burial Customs by A Kenyon (copy) 4. Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs This document includes descriptions of funeral rites; Koorie cemerteries; beliefs concerned with the dead along with accounts of early anthropologists on these matters.aboriginals, australia-burial practices., victorian aboriginals-death and beliefs. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Black, Lindsay, Burial Trees, 1941
Being the first of a series on the Aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and Central New South Wales.5-38 P.; ports.; footnotes; figs.; 22 cm.Being the first of a series on the Aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and Central New South Wales.burial trees-darling valley-central n.s.w. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Printed Sheets, Brunton, A. A, The Victorian Naturalist Vol. 73, No. 5 September 1956. An Aboriginal Burial Mound, 1956
The article is a most interesting account of a burial so close to Melbourne. The letter to the editor refutes this account but the reader will probably draw their own conclusions.pp. 67-69 & letter to the editor.The article is a most interesting account of a burial so close to Melbourne. The letter to the editor refutes this account but the reader will probably draw their own conclusions.burial mounds - ?boriginal, australians., sunbury - burial mound.