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Forthcoming Tours"History in the Making" general theme tour of the historic Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery. Sunday 14 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. 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. Visit our special webpage, dedicated to remembering the Caulfield Railway Disaster. More... 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. |
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Pictured left is from our "History in the Making" tour on 7 March 2010 attended by 26 persons. Just another example of the work we do to research, restore and remember. As many were unable to book a place, there will be a repeat of "History in the Making" on 14 March 2010. More... The Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Inc. covers three historic burial grounds in Melbourne's south-east - Brighton General Cemetery (1855), Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery (Old Cheltenham Cemetery) (1864), Cheltenham Memorial Park (New Cheltenham Cemetery) (1933) - as well as the Bunurong Memorial Park (1996). About the Cheltenham CemeteriesOpened for interments on 3 October 1864, the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery was the first general cemetery established in Melbourne’s bayside and until 1917, was known as the “Mordialloc and South Moorabbin General Cemetery”. A portion of the Cemetery was excised in the 1880s for the railway line to Mordialloc. After the Pioneer Cemetery reached its capacity in the late 1920s, steps were taken to open a new burial ground and the first interment at the Cheltenham Memorial Park took place on 27 March 1933 on the 68th anniversary of the first interment at the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery. The original area comprised 21.9 acres and was constructed during the Great Depression at a cost of £8,666 using local unemployed men. A feature of the layout was the strong gridiron arrangement of roads and pathways contrasting with the serpentine layout of the Pioneer Cemetery. The non-denominational lawn sections were introduced in 1961. Both the Pioneer Cemetery and the Memorial Park contain the remains of many local, state and national identities. They are administered by the Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Trust. Who's Who buried at Cheltenham?Amongst the notables buried at the Cheltenham cemeteries are: Clarice
Marjori-Banks Beckett - Realist artist This Month In FocusWith 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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