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Kew Historical Society IncBooklet, Spectator Publishing, The Melbourne General Cemetery : Centenary Souvenir, 1952
... cemetery...cemeteries -- history... cemeteries -- history Sixteen page booklet published to commemorate the founding of the Melbourne General 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.Sixteen page booklet published to commemorate the founding of the Melbourne General Cemetery. Melbourne : Spectator Publishing, [19--] [16] p. : ill. ; 20 cm. melbourne general cemetery, cemeteries -- history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - BENDIGO'S BRIDGE STREET BURIAL GROUND
... Cemeteries...Bendigo-History-Cemeteries...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BOOK Bendigo Cemeteries Bendigo-History-Cemeteries Rita Hull & John Kelly Bendigo's Bridge Street Burial Ground, 53 pages in a spring bound binder with black and white photographs, maps & illustrations. ...Bendigo's Bridge Street Burial Ground, 53 pages in a spring bound binder with black and white photographs, maps & illustrations.Rita Hull & John Kellybook, bendigo, cemeteries, bendigo-history-cemeteries -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph - Lakes Entrance Garden Cemetery, 1999
... Cemeteries...Local History...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Cemeteries Local History Colour photographof various aspects of the Lakes Entrance Garden Cemetery, Palmers Road, Lakes Entrance Victoria Photograph Lakes Entrance Garden Cemetery ...Colour photographof various aspects of the Lakes Entrance Garden Cemetery, Palmers Road, Lakes Entrance Victoriacemeteries, local history -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, Gibson, Tim, Monumental Bairnsdale Cemetery Memories, 1996
... Cemeteries... Social History...A guide to Bairnsdale Cemetery, Victoria, including a plan of the layout, a short history of its development, and genealogical notes of some of the remarkable people buried since commencement....Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Cemeteries Social History Land Settlement Memorials A guide to Bairnsdale Cemetery, Victoria, including a plan of the layout, a short history of its development, and genealogical notes of some of the remarkable people buried since commencement. ...A guide to Bairnsdale Cemetery, Victoria, including a plan of the layout, a short history of its development, and genealogical notes of some of the remarkable people buried since commencement.cemeteries, social history, land settlement, memorials -
Greensborough Historical SocietyMap - Plan, Southern Melbourne Cemeteries Trust (SMCT), Melbourne General Cemetery, 2026c
... cemetery...Melbourne History...Site map of Melbourne General Cemetery, not dated but current at 2026 Melbourne general cemetery Melbourne History cemeteries Southern Melbourne Cemeteries Trust Double sided graded map in green and white with black text and coloured symbols Melbourne General Cemetery Map Plan Southern Melbourne Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) ...Site map of Melbourne General Cemetery, not dated but current at 2026Double sided graded map in green and white with black text and coloured symbolsmelbourne general cemetery, melbourne history, cemeteries, southern melbourne cemeteries trust -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, Reid, Richard and Pounds, Robert, He is not missing. He is here. Australians and the Menin Gate, 1997
... History... Cemeteries...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Military History Cemeteries History of some of the WW1 Battlefields in Belgium, the Menin Gate Memorial, and the ceremony of the buglers of the Menin Gate. ...History of some of the WW1 Battlefields in Belgium, the Menin Gate Memorial, and the ceremony of the buglers of the Menin Gate.military history, cemeteries -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyPhotograph, M Holding, Mrs Anne Walker Headstone Bumberrah Cemetery near Johnsonville Victoria c2000, 2000 c
... Cemeteries...Pioneers...Social History...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Mrs Anne Walker materiarch of the pioneering Walker family of Bunberrah she was the loved and respected midwife Cemeteries Pioneers Social History Colour photograph of the headstone in memory of Mrs Anne Walker in the Bumberrah Cemetery near Johnsonville Victoria Mrs Anne Walker Headstone Bumberrah Cemetery near Johnsonville Victoria c2000 Photograph M Holding ...Mrs Anne Walker materiarch of the pioneering Walker family of Bunberrah she was the loved and respected midwifeColour photograph of the headstone in memory of Mrs Anne Walker in the Bumberrah Cemetery near Johnsonville Victoriacemeteries, pioneers, social history -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, Barraclough Linda Squires Debra, East Gippsland Cemeteries, 1984
... History... Cemeteries...Lakes Entrance Historical Society 4 Marine Parade Lakes Entrance gippsland Land Settlement Social History Cemeteries A guide to known cemeteries and lone graves information given on location of headstone transcripts and controlling authority of cemeteries still in use in East Gippsland East Gippsland Cemeteries Book Barraclough Linda Squires Debra ...A guide to known cemeteries and lone graves information given on location of headstone transcripts and controlling authority of cemeteries still in use in East Gippslandland settlement, social history, cemeteries -
Kew Historical Society IncBook, Allen & Unwin, At The End Of The Road : Government, society and the disposal of human remains in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 1994
... Cemeteries -- South Australia -- History...Volumes in the library are used by members for research into aspects of local history and/or to support the Society's collections of pictures, maps, fashion and artefacts. Reference books have entered the collection through donation, presentation, collection and purchase. Cemeteries ...xvi, 464 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), plans, ports. ; 24 cm. non-fictioncemeteries -- south australia -- history, funeral rites and ceremonies -- south australia -- history, burial laws -- south australia, cremation -- south australia -- history -
Kew Historical Society IncBook, Friends of Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, Leaving their mark : a tribute to some of those who are memorialised in the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, est 1958, 2020
... cemetery...funerary monuments -- kew (vic)...cemeteries -- victoria -- kew -- history...It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Victoria, with more than 80,000 burials to date. burials -- boroondara general cemetery funerary monuments -- kew (vic) cemeteries -- victoria -- kew -- history kew (vic.) -- biography xii, 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 30 cm Leaving their mark : a tribute to some of those who are memorialised in the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, est 1958 Book Friends of Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery ...xii, 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 30 cmnon-fictionburials -- boroondara general cemetery, funerary monuments -- kew (vic), cemeteries -- victoria -- kew -- history, kew (vic.) -- biography -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - THE MELBOURNE GENERAL CEMETERY, 1941
... The Melbourne General Cemetery, 15 pages, History of cemetery. Soft brown cover. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields CEMETERY melbourne general Melbourne cemetery Trustees of cemetery The Melbourne General Cemetery, 15 pages, History of cemetery. ...The Melbourne General Cemetery, 15 pages, History of cemetery. Soft brown cover. B&W Photos Purchased from RHSV Melbourne 11/77 Indexed by Helen Mainka With Index.Trustees of cemeterycemetery, melbourne general, melbourne, cemetery -
Greensborough Historical SocietyNewsletter, Queenstown Cemetery, Grave concerns. Issue 1 October 2015, 01/10/2015
... Newsletter about Queenstown Cemetery, its history and maintenance...Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Newsletter about Queenstown Cemetery, its history and maintenance queenstown cenetery, smith's gully Black and white newsletter, stapled Grave concerns. ...Newsletter about Queenstown Cemetery, its history and maintenanceBlack and white newsletter, stapledqueenstown cenetery, smith's gully -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPapers - Havilah Cemetery, Havilah Cemetery Formerly Running Creek Cemetery
... cemetery died in 1986. There is a wooden fence around the boundary (May 2024). One paper lists 29 names in the Burial Register 1861-1948. The last two sheets record the history...Copies of the sign erected at the gate of 'Havilah cemetery formerly Running Creek Cemetery'. Also the 'History of Havilah formerly Running Creek'...Copies of the sign erected at the gate of 'Havilah cemetery formerly Running Creek Cemetery'. Also the 'History of Havilah formerly Running Creek' Havilah Cemetery Formerly Running Creek Cemetery Papers - Havilah Cemetery ...In 1889, 24 residents of the Running Creek and surrounding district submitted a petition to the Minister of Lands, Melbourne requesting land for a cemetery. Their request was granted. The Cemetery was decommissioned in the early 1950s and the last trustee for the cemetery died in 1986. There is a wooden fence around the boundary (May 2024). One paper lists 29 names in the Burial Register 1861-1948. The last two sheets record the history as a timeline from the 1850s to the 1900s. Havilah was a gold mining settlement from the 1850s located 20km west of the Kiewa Valley and in the Ovens catchment near Myrtleford.Five black and white A4 pages stapled together. Copies of the sign erected at the gate of 'Havilah cemetery formerly Running Creek Cemetery'. Also the 'History of Havilah formerly Running Creek'havilah, running creek, cemetery -
Dandenong & District Historical SocietyDocument - Dandenong Community Cemeteries, Articles concerning Dandenong Community Cemeteries
... Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History...Dandenong & District Historical Society 1st Floor, 39 Clow Street Dandenong melbourne Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History Articles concerning Dandenong Community Cemeteries Articles concerning Dandenong Community Cemeteries Document Dandenong Community Cemeteries ...Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History -
Dandenong & District Historical SocietyDocument - Cemeteries, Articles Concerning Cemeteries
... Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History...Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History Articles concerning Cemeteries Articles Concerning Cemeteries Document Cemeteries ...Dandenong Community Cemeteries - Pics, Newspaper Article, History -
Greensborough Historical SocietyNewspaper Clipping, Banyule Observer, Talking about Greensborough Cemetery with Noel Withers, 02/09/2000
... Noel Withers is interviewed about the Greensborough Cemetery. Includes a brief history of the Cemetery....Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Noel Withers is interviewed about the Greensborough Cemetery. Includes a brief history of the Cemetery. greensborough cemetery noel withers One page from Banyule Observer Talking about Greensborough Cemetery with Noel Withers Newspaper Clipping Banyule Observer ...Noel Withers is interviewed about the Greensborough Cemetery. Includes a brief history of the Cemetery.One page from Banyule Observergreensborough cemetery, noel withers -
Greensborough Historical SocietyArticle, Celestina Sagazio, St Helena, Greensborough [St Katherine's Church], 1992
... Taken from "A History of cemeteries' this outline of St Katherine's Church St Helena and the cemetery in its grounds. ...Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Taken from "A History of cemeteries' this outline of St Katherine's Church St Helena and the cemetery in its grounds. st katherines church st helena anthony beale st helena cemetery 4 pages, text and black and white image. ...Taken from "A History of cemeteries' this outline of St Katherine's Church St Helena and the cemetery in its grounds. 4 pages, text and black and white image. st katherines church, st helena, anthony beale, st helena cemetery -
Greensborough Historical SocietyOral History, June Hall, The Noel Withers story, 2011
... He discusses the development of his interest in the Greensborough cemetery and local history. A told to June Hall 2011....He discusses the development of his interest in the Greensborough cemetery and local history. A told to June Hall 2011. ...Noel Withers recounts his background in England, emigrating to Australia and settling in Greensborough. He discusses the development of his interest in the Greensborough cemetery and local history. A told to June Hall 2011.A primary source account of Noel's background and interest in local history. 3 typed pages. noel withers, greensborough historical society, june hall, greensborough cemetery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - "Monumental Days" "Bendigo Cemtery memorialisations and the business of death" Volume 2, David Cooney, 2026
... Volume 2 of "Monumental Days" focusses on stories about the people buried at Bendigo Cemetery. The extensive history of the Bendigo Cemetery was covered in Volume 1. ...Volume 2 of "Monumental Days" focusses on stories about the people buried at Bendigo Cemetery. The extensive history of the Bendigo Cemetery was covered in Volume 1. ...Volume 2 of "Monumental Days" focusses on stories about the people buried at Bendigo Cemetery. The extensive history of the Bendigo Cemetery was covered in Volume 1. Together they provide a history of the burial ground over 165 years.Author: David Cooney. Published by the author. Produced and printed by "Bart'n'Print" Bendigo in 2026. Dark blue soft cover book. The front cover has three oval shaped black and white photographs (headshots) of captain Robert Heddlestone Neville, Louey O'Hoy and Mary McIlroy, and a coloured photograph depicting a nineteenth century funeral procession.. The photogtraphs are superimposed over a blue tinted image of a memorial of Matthew Brown and Family. Includes coloured and black and white photographs, tables, bar chart and maps,drawings. 320pp.bendigo cemetery, memorials, burials -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - BENDIGO CEMETERIES COLLECTION: SELF GUIDED TOUR BENDIGO CEMETERY DOCUMENT
... Yellow trifold document: Self Guided tour of the Bendigo Cemetery, 145 Years of History 1858 - 1993. Document contains a map of a section of the Bendigo Cemetery, 29 graves are numbered and described. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BHS Collection BENDIGO Cemetery bendigo cemetery tour Yellow trifold document: Self Guided tour of the Bendigo Cemetery, 145 Years of History 1858 - 1993. ...BHS CollectionYellow trifold document: Self Guided tour of the Bendigo Cemetery, 145 Years of History 1858 - 1993. Document contains a map of a section of the Bendigo Cemetery, 29 graves are numbered and described. E.g. J.C.T. Ballerstedt, Quartz Reefer, Robert Clark 8 hour day pioneer, Giuseppe Favaloro restaurateur. Hitching rail outside cemetery gates is noted.bendigo, cemetery, bendigo cemetery tour -
Tarnagulla History ArchiveResearch Notes - Donald Clark, 1990s
... history of Tarnagulla, Llanelly & Newbridge. Compiled by Donald Clark. Listings of residents (electoral rolls, Library members, dog registrations, cemetery, Lodge, licenses) , history of Woodstock West church, Murphy's Creek Brigade, history of Llanelly, script of Donald Clark address to Church of England Newbridge, story about Big Cat sightings near Tarnagulla, Post office history, copy of article 'Nuggets At The Poseidon Rush And At the Ironbark Gully Near Tarnagulla' and Golf Club history. ...history of Tarnagulla, Llanelly & Newbridge. Compiled by Donald Clark. Listings of residents (electoral rolls, Library members, dog registrations, cemetery, Lodge, licenses) , history of Woodstock West church, Murphy's Creek Brigade, history of Llanelly, script of Donald Clark address to Church of England Newbridge, story about Big Cat sightings near Tarnagulla, Post office history, copy of article 'Nuggets At The Poseidon Rush And At the Ironbark Gully Near Tarnagulla' and Golf Club history. ...A set of research notes relating to history of Tarnagulla, Llanelly & Newbridge. Compiled by Donald Clark. Listings of residents (electoral rolls, Library members, dog registrations, cemetery, Lodge, licenses) , history of Woodstock West church, Murphy's Creek Brigade, history of Llanelly, script of Donald Clark address to Church of England Newbridge, story about Big Cat sightings near Tarnagulla, Post office history, copy of article 'Nuggets At The Poseidon Rush And At the Ironbark Gully Near Tarnagulla' and Golf Club history. -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, BATTLEFIELDS, Kangaroo Press, Australian Battlefields of the Western Front 1916-1918
... Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English....Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English. ....1) Soft card cover with black & white photo of battlefield on front & back. Coloured photo of soldier carrying a wounded comrade over his shoulder. History of Author, John Laffin on back cover. 204 pages black & white with photos & maps. Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English.“3rd Edition on front cover”books - military history, battlefields -
Eltham District Historical Society IncJournal - Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 277 August 2024
... Contents: • Vale – Doug Orford – 22nd August 1929 – 8th July 2024 • Our Next Meeting –2.00pm Saturday 10th August 2024 • September Excursion - Saturday 7th September – Eltham Cemetery Tour • The Eltham Cemetery Trust – a little history • Robert Hoddle – Chains and Grids in Terra Nullius by Anne Paul (Part 2) • A Special Prize by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30thn Anniversary by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30th Birthday Celebrations by Sue Dyet • Eltham Library – A Special Conversation by Frank Taylor • Eltham and beyond by Andrew Lemon • Monumental Serendipity in Eltham by Terry Beaton • Montsalvat People by Richard Pinn o Sue Vanderkelen (1899-1956) o Sebastian Jorgensen (1938-2019) ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Contents: • Vale – Doug Orford – 22nd August 1929 – 8th July 2024 • Our Next Meeting –2.00pm Saturday 10th August 2024 • September Excursion - Saturday 7th September – Eltham Cemetery Tour • The Eltham Cemetery Trust – a little history • Robert Hoddle – Chains and Grids in Terra Nullius by Anne Paul (Part 2) • A Special Prize by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30thn Anniversary by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30th Birthday Celebrations by Sue Dyet • Eltham Library – A Special Conversation by Frank Taylor • Eltham and beyond by Andrew Lemon • Monumental Serendipity in Eltham by Terry Beaton • Montsalvat People by Richard Pinn o Sue Vanderkelen (1899-1956) o Sebastian Jorgensen (1938-2019) The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. ...Contents: • Vale – Doug Orford – 22nd August 1929 – 8th July 2024 • Our Next Meeting –2.00pm Saturday 10th August 2024 • September Excursion - Saturday 7th September – Eltham Cemetery Tour • The Eltham Cemetery Trust – a little history • Robert Hoddle – Chains and Grids in Terra Nullius by Anne Paul (Part 2) • A Special Prize by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30thn Anniversary by Jim Connor • Eltham Library – 30th Birthday Celebrations by Sue Dyet • Eltham Library – A Special Conversation by Frank Taylor • Eltham and beyond by Andrew Lemon • Monumental Serendipity in Eltham by Terry Beaton • Montsalvat People by Richard Pinn o Sue Vanderkelen (1899-1956) o Sebastian Jorgensen (1938-2019) The 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 -
City of Melbourne LibrariesPhotograph, Bull, Hugh Jones, 1897-1993, Ruyton Girls School 1933
... Purchas died in his home in Kew in 1909 and, not surprisingly, was buried at Boroondara Cemetery. Henty family history in Australia: Henry Henty (b.1833-d.1912) was a successful businessman, and briefly a MLA for the seat of Grenville, Victoria in 1866. ...Purchas died in his home in Kew in 1909 and, not surprisingly, was buried at Boroondara Cemetery. Henty family history in Australia: Henry Henty (b.1833-d.1912) was a successful businessman, and briefly a MLA for the seat of Grenville, Victoria in 1866. ...Published: Age (Melbourne, Vic.: 1854- ), 4 August 1933, page 3 Published title: GIRLS’ SCHOOLS – MODEL YACHTING - FOOTBALL Published caption: The headmistress, Miss H. Daniell, and girls at Ruyton, Selbourne Road, Kew, snapped after school hours. Trove article identifier: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204381763 Research by Project Volunteer, Louise McKenzie: Rather than the people, this charming building takes the eye! Originally named “Tarring”, it was built in 1872 by Mr Henry Henty and his wife Mrs Marion Anne Henty (nee McKellar) for their family. Located at 82 Selbourne Road, Kew, it is described by Melbourne’s Open House organisation as “… a two-storey, polychrome brick mansion built for them by prominent Melbourne architect Albert Purchas. The house and nearly four acres of grounds served as their family home until the death of Marian Henty in 1919. “ (See below for further information on Albert Purchas.) In 1920 it was sold to Ruyton Girls School. Ruyton was established in 1878 by its first principal, Charlotte Anderson (1838-1906), who named it in honour of the parish in Shropshire, England, Ruyton-XI-Towns, where her great-great-grandfather David Evans had been vicar. Its motto is Recte et Fideliter, meaning "Upright and Faithful", which is also the name of the school song. The original school, one of Victoria’s oldest independent schools for girls, was located at the home of Mrs Anderson at 63 High Street South, Kew. In 1882 she moved the school to Edgecombe in Studley Park Road. Mrs Anderson retired due to ill health and sold the school to her friend Miss Eliza Bromby. One of Ruyton's four Houses, Anderson, is named for Charlotte Anderson. When Ruyton Girls School was moved to the site in 1920 it established the building as a Boarding House, and renamed the building “Henty House” in honour of its original owners. Today the school remains an all girls’ school, and pays tribute to its founder and the historic significance of Henty House and its magnificent Moreton Bay Fig tree, which still stands today. The building retains many original, Victorian-era features, while also showing the layers of change, made over the decades in order to meet the evolving needs of one of Melbourne’s leading schools. The headmistress mentioned in the caption for MCK016 is Miss Hilda Daniell, shown standing in front of Henty House in the midst of a group of Ruyton girls in their school uniforms, some holding hockey sticks. Miss Daniell was the longest serving Principal of Ruyton 1913-1952. She was originally a student in 1893, then joined the teaching staff in 1898. It was under her leadership that the School purchased and moved to “Tarring”. The boarding house included a flat for Hilda to live onsite. An article in the Ruyton Heritage Collection – Bedford Series, dated 21 May 2021 cites that Miss Daniell “was affectionately known as “Dream” by Ruytonians of her era” apparently due to a tendency to quiet reflection. The article continues, “After her retirement in 1952 Miss Daniell was awarded an Order of the British Empire for her many services to education, an award she received from the hands of the Queen during the 1954 Royal Tour. Also in 1952, the Kew Council honoured her by renaming Brougham Place as ‘Daniell Place’.” Arthur Purchas, architect: The architect responsible for the design of “Tarring”. Arthur Purchas, was extremely active and highly regarded at this time. Born in Wales in 1825, he emigrated to Melbourne in 1851 and soon established a private practice as a surveyor and architect, with offices variously in Little Collins, Queen Street, Chancery Lane, and finally 462 Little Collins Street. Wikipedia notes in an early reference to Purchas that “An early story is that one of his first jobs, when he would have been about 25 years old, was a position under Surveyor-General Robert Hoddle, and disagreeing with him over the line for St Kilda Road, appealed to Governor La Trobe, and successfully got the road diverted around the hill which eventually became the site of the Shrine of Remembrance. There may not be much truth to this, since by 1851 St Kilda Road was already a well worn track running around the hill, the top of which La Trobe had reserved for a Government House in 1840.” The timing of Purchas’s arrival in Melbourne was perfect. The Victorian gold rush of the 1850’s generated enormous wealth in Melbourne, and a building boom followed. The Wikipedia entry continues … that alone, or with his brother in law Charles R Swyer, “Purchas is said to have designed over 140 houses, offices, churches, banks and cemetery buildings in Victoria in his long career. Berkely Hall, St Kilda dating from 1854 is one of his first buildings, and still exists, though the original house is obscured by an early C20th verandah. Another notable early design was the head office of the Melbourne Savings Bank, built on the corner Flinders Lane and Market Street in 1857-58, in an elaborately detailed Renaissance Revival style. His churches were mostly Gothic Revival, built for the Anglican Church, along with some parsonages, while most of the bank buildings were Renaissance Revival designs for the Bank of Australasia. He also designed city buildings in the 1860s and 70s, such as the Mutual Insurance Co, Northern Insurance Co, and the first premises for George & George, destroyed by fire in 1889. One of his most outstanding designs is St George's Presbyterian Church in Chapel Street, St Kilda (1877–80), in a striking polychrome brick Gothic Revival style, unusually carried on through to the interior. Purchas produced one of the few published maps and compilations of the early pastoral settlers runs in Victoria in 1853. In the same year he designed the layout of the Melbourne General Cemetery, the first 'garden' cemetery in Victoria, a curvilinear layout with extensive plantings, as well as the gate lodge and gates (the gates lodge were demolished and the gates relocated to their present position in the 1930s). He was a long time member of the Cemetery Trust, serving as secretary from 1876-1886. He was also Chairman of the Boroondara General Cemetery Board of Trustees 1867 to 1909, and designed many aspects of the cemetery, including the landscape, the cast iron entrance gates (1889), the rotunda (1890) and the surrounding brick wall (1895–6). Purchas was a keen inventor having applied for a patent for an invention for lighting a railway carriage with gas in 1861, and won a competition for a model farm complex, in 1862. This unusual design had the dairy either underground or half underground, to keep it cool, with a 'dry lining' around the outside of the sunken portions. In 1883, with fellow architect Alfred Smith, he took out a patent for fire-proof floors, arches, staircases and other parts of buildings.” Purchas died in his home in Kew in 1909 and, not surprisingly, was buried at Boroondara Cemetery. Henty family history in Australia: Henry Henty (b.1833-d.1912) was a successful businessman, and briefly a MLA for the seat of Grenville, Victoria in 1866. He was one of three sons of James Henty, and nephew of Edward Henty who is considered to be the first permanent European colonist to take up residence in Victoria. The Australian Dictionary of Biography provides a riveting overview of the complex and enthusiastic activities of the Henty family, and its entanglement in the development of mercantile life in WA, Tasmania, SA and Victoria from 1828 onwards. The family had a focussed commitment to creating thriving businesses in Australia, despite being regularly thwarted by legislative pushbacks and law changes, instigated in Britain as the Australian colony developed. Areas of greatest influence were merino sheep, beef and horse breeding, whaling, farm establishment, membership of the legal and political fraternities, sporting prowess, and board directorships in banking and railways. The Dictionary of Biography summarises: “As settlers the Henty men were notable not merely for being the first to settle in Victoria but also for their number and quality: a father and seven educated sons experienced in farming and trading, occupations of prime importance to a new colony, and importers of unusually substantial capital in money, skilled workers and thoroughbred stock.” As well as Tarring, the Henty family Melbourne residences included Findon (in Kew, overlooking Studley Park), Offington (St Kilda Road overlooking Albert Park) and Field Place (Henty Court, Kew), and descriptions of the houses in Wikipedia –Melbourne Architecture 1870s - reflect the development of Melbourne society. References RUYTON (1934, December 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 18. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11001092 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyton_Girls%27_School#:~:text=Ruyton%20Girls'%20School%2C%20commonly%20referred,of%20Melbourne%2C%20Victoria%2C%20Australia. https://www.ruyton.vic.edu.au/our-school#:~:text=With%20an%20international%20reputation%20as,opportunity%20and%20challenge%20for%20girls. https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bea06b121ea690bf4eb08ed https://www.ruyton.vic.edu.au/our-school/campus-and-facilities Biography of Edward Henty and family: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/henty-edward-2247 Article on Offington House: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196554993 Article on Field Place House : https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/64881 Article on Findon: https://www.facebook.com/KewHistoryGroup/posts/in-the-book-jubilee-history-of-kew-1803-1910-by-fga-barnard-there-is-a-photo-of-/4389837914376555/ Charlotte Anderson/Ruyton: https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5be4b8c821ea6a039c7a13e3 https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6179e90da912eb195970bdf8 https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5bea06b121ea690bf4eb08ed https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/65d3e05c5b5e5c61346420a2 Photo of Charlotte Anderson: https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1515776&mode=browse Photo of Charlotte Anderson: https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6179e90da912eb195970bdf8 https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5be4b8c821ea6a039c7a13e3 Wikipedia: Architecture of Melbourne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Melbourne Open House Melbourne: Henty House: https://www.universe.com/events/henty-house-ruyton-girls-school-tickets-Z45LYH Albert Purchas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Purchas Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Saturday 3 June 1876, page 9 – Article on Offington http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/BoxHillUC.html Melb Architecture 1870s - Wikipedia Victorian Collections: Letters of Hilda Daniell https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/65d3e05c5b5e5c61346420a2 Photographer notations on slide: "Ruyton Girls School 1933".schools, 1930-1939, architecture, victorian architecture, trees, architects -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Literary work - Antiquarian Book, Heroes of The United Service, 1901
... history, geography,Spelling and dictation. Sadly he died in September 1901 from meningitis following influenza and pneumonia and is buried with other members of the Jackman family at the Clear Lake cemetery near Horsham. ...history, geography,Spelling and dictation. Sadly he died in September 1901 from meningitis following influenza and pneumonia and is buried with other members of the Jackman family at the Clear Lake cemetery near Horsham. ...This book contains a number of stories which relate to heroes of the British Army and Navy . After a brief synopsis of the history of British military, it then commences from the conquest of Canada in 1759 and relates the stories of renown personnel through to the beginning of the 20th century.This book has a red cloth over card cover with black text mounted in a gold shield at the top of the cover with a gold figure of a sailor who is standing on black rocks. There is a gold image of two galleons inside a black circle. The spine has the title in black on a gold shield , similar to the front cover . The back cover is plain. It has 248 pages relating to the Armed Forces and 256 pages relating to naval stories.There are a number of colour plates and black and white drawings many depicting military scenes. Inside front and back covers are faced with brown and mustard coloured pages. There is a name plate inside the front cover. non-fictionThis book contains a number of stories which relate to heroes of the British Army and Navy . After a brief synopsis of the history of British military, it then commences from the conquest of Canada in 1759 and relates the stories of renown personnel through to the beginning of the 20th century.heroes of the united service, arthur jackman, jackman family, clear lake cemetery, jesuits st patricks college melbourne, jesuits st francis xavier melbourne, rector patrick keating -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Document - Warrnambool Cemetery Walk 2014, 2014
... history group...Warrnambool Cemetery...The Warrnambool Family History Group, founded in 1980, conducts walks in the Warrnambool Cemetery each year. ...WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP INC. CEMETERY WALKS ...This item is of minor interest as a memento of an annual activity of the Warrnambool Family History Group. warrnambool family history group Warrnambool Cemetery WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP INC. ...The Warrnambool Family History Group, founded in 1980, conducts walks in the Warrnambool Cemetery each year. In 2014 the graves visited were those of people who were early directors and share holders of the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Limited. This company was established in 1888 and today is the oldest operating dairy factory in Australia. This item is of minor interest as a memento of an annual activity of the Warrnambool Family History Group.A yellow sheet of paper with black text and an image of an old photograph at the bottom of the sheet.WARRNAMBOOL FAMILY HISTORY GROUP INC. CEMETERY WALKS warrnambool family history group, warrnambool cemetery -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, The Holy Bible, Early 20th century
... Cemetery, Albany. The Bible was given to Berenice Angus by Sister Ingpen of Warrnambool. The accompanying note that indicated that it came from Sister Ingpen is now missing. The later inscriptions indicate that Berenice Angus had this Bible in the early 1950s at her school in Geelong, ‘The Hermitage’. Sister Amy Ingpen (1878- 1965) was an important figure in Warrnambool’s history...Cemetery, Albany. The Bible was given to Berenice Angus by Sister Ingpen of Warrnambool. The accompanying note that indicated that it came from Sister Ingpen is now missing. The later inscriptions indicate that Berenice Angus had this Bible in the early 1950s at her school in Geelong, ‘The Hermitage’. Sister Amy Ingpen (1878- 1965) was an important figure in Warrnambool’s history ...The original inscription in this Bible is interesting but no information has been found on Mary MacLeod or Hazel O’Moore-Skelly except to note that Eleanor Hazel Cameron, nee O’Moore-Skelly, (1914 -1989) is buried in the Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany. The Bible was given to Berenice Angus by Sister Ingpen of Warrnambool. The accompanying note that indicated that it came from Sister Ingpen is now missing. The later inscriptions indicate that Berenice Angus had this Bible in the early 1950s at her school in Geelong, ‘The Hermitage’. Sister Amy Ingpen (1878- 1965) was an important figure in Warrnambool’s history. She trained as a nurse and was said to be the first Victorian country nurse to qualify for the Midwifery Certificate. She initially assisted Dr Thomas Scott and later Doctor Gerald Baldwin at the ‘Alveston’ Private Hospital (corner Darling and Banyan Streets, Warrnambool). She then took sole control of the private hospital and ran this hospital for a great number of years, providing expert care for midwifery, surgical and medical cases. Berenice Angus (Berry McDade) is the daughter of Dr Roy and Gladys Angus. Dr Angus (1901-1970) came to Warrnambool in 1939 and practised at ‘Birchwood’ in Koroit Street and in later years as an ophthalmologist. This book is of interest because of its connection with Sister Ingpen, a prominent nurse in 20th century Warrnambool and the Angus family of Warrnambool. This is a black soft leather- covered Bible of 1208 pages. The cover extends over the edges of the pages. It has gold lettering on the spine and gold edging on the pages. The inside covers are black. The book has been silk bound but is now partly detached from inside the spine. Some pages are loose and have been mended with glue. Some of the pages have ink staining and the cover is worn with the top and bottom of the spine cover broken and torn. There is an inscription on the black inside cover and one of the first pages and a stamp from the Warrnambool & District Historical Society.‘Mary’ ‘Mary MacLeod with love from Hazel O’Moore-Skelly’ ‘When this you see, Remember me’ ‘Berenice Angus, 1952’ ‘Berenice Angus, The Hermitage, Geelong, 1952 (almost indecipherable) hazel o’moore-skelly, mary macleod, berenice mcdade (angus), dr angus, sister ingpen, history of warrnambool, berenice angus -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Poster - Jordan Studios, 1906
... He died in 1916 and is buried in the Warrnambool Cemetery This advertising poster is of considerable importance as it is an interesting example of advertising by a photographer at the beginning of the 20th century. It is also important because it advertises Jordan Studios, one of the most significant photographic businesses in Warrnambool’s history. ...This is a 1906 advertising poster for the photographic business, Jordan Studios, Liebig Street, Warrnambool. This business was established in 1890 by Joseph Jordan, an Englishman who had been in the British Army in India. He erected the Jordan Studios building (94 Liebig Street) in 1901. Joseph’s son, Arthur, was also a photographer and artist. He photographed and sketched Wilmot (Abraham) several times and used one of these sketches as a basis for this advertising poster. It was well-known at the time that Wilmot was always willing to pose for photographs or drawings. Wilmot (Corwhorong), called ‘the last of his tribe’, was a member of the Tooram group associated with the Kirrae tribe. He spent the early part of his life at the Allan ‘Tooram’ property and was later at the Murray Warrnambool home, ‘Waikato’. He died in 1916 and is buried in the Warrnambool CemeteryThis advertising poster is of considerable importance as it is an interesting example of advertising by a photographer at the beginning of the 20th century. It is also important because it advertises Jordan Studios, one of the most significant photographic businesses in Warrnambool’s history. It also is an example of Arthur Jordan’s artistic abilityThis is large advertising sheet of paper featuring a black and white sketch of the aborigine, Wilmot and Arthur Jordan, the artist/photographer. Jordan is seated and is sketching Wilmot who is sitting cross-legged. The sketch includes a mug, a billy can, a fire and a humorous caption. The edges of the sheet are somewhat tattered. ‘Notice. Visitors to Warrnambool, go to Jordan’s Studio, Liebig St, next Bank of Victoria, for your Portraits, Groups, Views and Postcards’ ‘Hurry up, old feller, I want to go to Jordan’s before I go to the races. A lady wants my photo very pertickler’ ‘Jordan ‘06’ jordan studios, arthur jordan, wilmot, warrnambool, corwhorong, advertising, liebig street -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Administrative record - Book, Original Certificate of death 1853-1854, Mid 19th century
... cemetery...early warrnambool death records 1853-1854...john martin ardlie...warrnambool history...The certificates were found in a private house in Warrnambool. warrnambool cemetery early warrnambool death records 1853-1854 john martin ardlie warrnambool history isaac corney berkeley hutchinson Front cover: Original Certificate of Death, B This is a bound book with a black linen cover and containing 40 pages. ...These certificates of death are original and give details of 47 deaths from July 1853 to February 1855 with the deaths mostly from the Villiers district in the Parish or Township of Warrnambool. The deaths have been registered by John Martin Ardlie and the doctors’ signatures include those of Isaac Corney and Berkeley Hutchinson. This booklet is of high significance as many of the deaths recorded herein are not registered anywhere else and some were buried in the Warrnambool Cemetery before official records began. The Warrnambool Cemetery was gazetted in June 1854. The certificates were found in a private house in Warrnambool.This is a bound book with a black linen cover and containing 40 pages. The pages are designed to have the information written twice with one section called the Counterpart and the second called the Original Certificate of Death (Schedule B). The counterpart section was meant to be kept in the booklet and the second section was to be cut out and sent or put elsewhere. The first seven pages have the one Counterpart section and the rest are complete with the two sections. The pages are blue with printed headings for the Registrar of Deaths to fill in. The information on 12 of the pages are incomplete and the entries are handwritten in ink. Front cover: Original Certificate of Death, Bwarrnambool cemetery, early warrnambool death records 1853-1854, john martin ardlie, warrnambool history, isaac corney, berkeley hutchinson -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Document, Warrnambool Cemetery Walk 2000, 2000
... History Group...Warrnambool Cemetery tours...The Warrnambool Family History Group was established in 1980. It has been running Warrnambool cemetery tours for a great number of years with the late Marie Boyce being a prominent organizer of these tours. ...Front page: ‘Cemetery Walk, Notes for Walks Held During January 2000. Warrnambool Family History Group (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc) Reg. ...These sheets are a good example of the graves visited during the Warrnambool Cemetery tours and the information given on these people. Warrnambool Family History Group Warrnambool Cemetery tours Front page: ‘Cemetery Walk, Notes for Walks Held During January 2000. ...The Warrnambool Family History Group was established in 1980. It has been running Warrnambool cemetery tours for a great number of years with the late Marie Boyce being a prominent organizer of these tours. The tours are usually held in January and on Anzac Day and over recent years have concentrated on a theme to provide information on a certain group of people (eg Mayors, war heroes). These sheets are a good example of the graves visited during the Warrnambool Cemetery tours and the information given on these people. These are two yellow A4 sheets typed back and front with information on people buries in the Warrnambool Cemetery and a sketch map of the Warrnambool Cemetery. The typed material has been annotated with handwritten notes (blue biro) by a participant on one of the walking tours.Front page: ‘Cemetery Walk, Notes for Walks Held During January 2000. Warrnambool Family History Group (Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc) Reg. No. A0027436X, P.O. Box 607, Warrnambool 3260 (sic)’warrnambool family history group, warrnambool cemetery tours
