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Photograph, 'Glen Huntley' Passengers Memorial Restoration 1992 - images collection, 1992

  • People in a graveyard listening to a man who is standing next to a grave. The grave has a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, mounted on a stack of three stone slabs. At the base of the headstone is a small yellow veil.

    Unveiling of restored Glen Huntley passengers memorial grave 1992 #1

  • People in a graveyard watching a man remove a yellow veil from the base of a headstone of a grave. The headstone is in the shape of a scroll and is mounted on a stack of three stone slabs.

    Unveiling of restored Glen Huntley passengers memorial grave 1992 #2

  • People in a graveyard listening to a man in a kilt who is standing next to a grave and playing bagpipes. The grave has a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, mounted on a stack of three stone slabs.

    Unveiling of restored Glen Huntley passengers memorial grave 1992 #3

  • People standing among gravestones in a graveyard. Some are reading the inscription on a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, on a stack of three stone slabs. Words are inscribed on the headstone. Two wreaths of fresh flowers have been placed on the grave.

    Unveiling of restored Glen Huntley passengers memorial grave 1992 wreaths

  • A grave in a graveyard. The headstone is the shape of a scroll and is mounted on a stack of three stone slabs. Words are inscribed on the headstone.

    Glen Huntley passengers memorial grave in the St Kilda cemetery

  • People in a graveyard listening to a man who is standing next to a grave. The grave has a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, mounted on a stack of three stone slabs. At the base of the headstone is a small yellow veil.
  • People in a graveyard watching a man remove a yellow veil from the base of a headstone of a grave. The headstone is in the shape of a scroll and is mounted on a stack of three stone slabs.
  • People in a graveyard listening to a man in a kilt who is standing next to a grave and playing bagpipes. The grave has a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, mounted on a stack of three stone slabs.
  • People standing among gravestones in a graveyard. Some are reading the inscription on a headstone, in the shape of a scroll, on a stack of three stone slabs. Words are inscribed on the headstone. Two wreaths of fresh flowers have been placed on the grave.
  • A grave in a graveyard. The headstone is the shape of a scroll and is mounted on a stack of three stone slabs. Words are inscribed on the headstone.

Historical information

The memorial grave was dedicated on 16 April, 1899. Following the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the barque, descendants of John Craig and other "Glen Huntly" passengers restored the memorial. Descendants gathered in 1992 for the unveiling of a plaque marking the restoration.

Physical description

Colour photograph

Inscriptions & markings

Rear of each photograph: SK Cemetery 1992 Glenhuntly Descendants.
Inscription on memorial: On December 13th 1839, the emigrant ship "Glen Huntly" left Greenock, Scotland and arrived in Hobson`s Bay on 17th April 1840. Many of the passengers suffering from fever were landed at the Red Bluff St Kilda on 24th April 1849. That being the first quarantine station in Victoria. A few days later John Craig James Mathers George Armstrong succumbed to the disease and were interred at The Bluff. Owing to the encroachment of the sea their remains were exhumed and removed to the St Kilda Cemetery on 27th August 1898 by the Board of Public Health.This memorial was erected by public subscription, to mark a notable event in the early history of the colony.
Inscription on plaque, unveiled in 1992: This memorial grave was restored by descendants of John Craig and of other "Glen Huntly" passengers. In April 1990 they commemorated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the barque in Melbourne in 1840. 25th August 1991

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