by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Miscellany
Cemeteries are places of history and heritage, which show us how things were, and like everything else they age. The aim of conserving monuments is to retain as much as possible of the original fabric, and therefore its significance. It is important to note that... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Places
Many people assume the first Melbourne cemetery was the Old Melbourne Cemetery (under the Queen Victoria Market), but in fact it was actually located at Burial Hill, today’s Flagstaff Gardens. The first person to be buried in Melbourne, Port Phillip District was... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | History
Retrospective and Perspective On 1 July 1851, the Port Phillip District was separated from the Colony of New South Wales under provisions of the Australian Colonies Government Act 1850, and became the Colony of Victoria. The 1851 Census, taken on 2... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Thomas Croft, more than anyone else, was involved in the running of St. James Burial Ground (now known as the Old Melbourne Cemetery) during the time it was open to the general public for burials from 1838 to 1854. Thomas was born c.1795 in Benenden, near Cranbrook,... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Centenarian or Not? In her obituary my three times great grandmother Margaret Sandiman was claimed to be 100 years and 6 months old at the time of her death in June 1909. This was a truly remarkable claim for someone born in the early nineteenth century, however it...