Just Released!

The Centenarians: Life's Quiet Sunset is the first book in the Remembering Them series.  Featuring genealogical information on the 28 centenarians buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery with an index of over 800 names, the book can be purchased on-line in paperback or electronic (CD) version.  Visit our on-line shop and purchase a copy today.

Forthcoming Tours

"History in the Making" general theme tour of the historic Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery. The tour features many important figures in Victoria's history, including the most notorious land boomer from the 1880s and '90s, the first chairman of the Country Roads Board (VicRoads), the 'father' of Sandringham, pioneers from Brighton, Moorabbin, Cheltenham and Dingley, a well-known artist featured on the Bayside artists trail, a decorated military figure, the founder of Victoria's Maternal and Child Health Centres and three tragic events from Caulfield, Ormond and Prahran.  Sunday 7 March at 11:00am.

"75 Years On" general theme tour of the Cheltenham Memorial Park covers the history of the Cemetery 75 years after it was established in 1933.  Subjects include a champion Australian Rules footballer known as the "Prince of Moorabbin", Australia's finest Modernist female artist, a victim from Australia's worst industrial accident, the legend of 'Garryowen', a police constable shot whilst on duty, Australia's greatest tight-wire circus walker, the Premier who was a 'John Wren' man, a champion jockey acknowledged by his peer as the world's best big-race jockey, and the inspiration behind the bid for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.  Sunday 18 April 2010 at 11:00am

Our popular "The Tragic '20s" tour is back!  If you missed out in 2009, come along during Law Week 2010 - Sunday 23 May 2010 at 11:00am.  The tour visits the graves of Bayside residents who lost their lives in in the 1920s.

Use the tour booking form to book your place on-line or ring Vivienne on 03 5420 7671.  Cost $10.00 per person ($5.00 for members) and includes refreshments and tour guide.

This Month In Focus

With the release of our first book The Centenarians: Life's Quiet Sunset, this month in focus features Walter Marriott was born on 4 August 1897 at Moorabbin the eight child of John Marriott (1862-1936) and Mary Ann nee Anderson (c1863-1931).  On 20 March 1923, he married Florence Larrad, the sister of Annie Jack Donald Blackwood Larrad (1888-1989).  By the late 1920s, Annie and her husband William (Tom) Roberts were farming the land at Wychitella, near Wedderburn in central Victoria.  Tragedy struck on 23 Aug 1928 when Walter and Tom Roberts were out shooting rabbits.  The gun discharged and Tom was shot near the thigh.  He died 16 hours later leaving a loving wife and infant son, Teddy (1927-28).  Walter Marriott is buried near the Roberts-Larrad family grave while his brother, Hector Anderson Marriott married another centenarian, Edit May Marriott nee Watt (1903-2005).  As for Annie Roberts, she spent six decades a widow and died on 12 June 1989 aged 100.

Visit our on-line shop to purchase your copy of The Centenarians: Life's Quiet Sunset today.

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