Historical information

Edgar Edwardes Walker was the founding manager of the Australian Brick, Tile and Tesselated Tile Company, which began operations in Mitcham in 1886. Changed to the Australian Tesselated Tile Company in 1895, Walker became owner in 1922. It became the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. He was a Nunawading Shire Councillor for 25 years and several times Shire President. Walker Park in Nunawading is a lasting monument to his record of service.

Physical description

Coloured photograph of the tombstone on grave 737, Presbyterian section, Box Hill Cemetery.|Walker, Edgar Edwardes: 29 January 1862 - 12 December 1936|Walker, Elizabeth Catherine: 6 May 1862 - 11 May 1936