List of burials at Melbourne General Cemetery
This is a list of notable individuals buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.
List of burials
A
- Douglas Alexandra (1922-2000), architect
- Sir Harry Brookes Allen (1854-1926), pathologist
B
- Mendel Balberyszski (1894-1966), Jewish community leader, historian of the destruction of the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania.
- Sir Redmond Barry (1813-1880), Acting Chief Justice who sentenced Ned Kelly to hang; instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University of Melbourne, and the State Library of Victoria
- Rivett Bland (1811-1894), colonial administrator and gold miner
- Hugh Brophy (1829-1919), Fenian
- Sir Anthony Brownless (1817-1897), physician, Chancellor of Melbourne University
- Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)[1]
- William Burnley (1813-1860), politician, early Melbourne pioneer for whom Burnley was named
C
- Arthur Calwell (1896-1973), Politician, Leader of the Federal Opposition
- William Champ (1808-1892), Premier of Tasmania
- Janet Clarke (1851-1909), benefactor
- Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), novelist & poet, author of For the Term of His Natural Life
- James Coates (1901-1947), confidence trickster, racketeer, underworld figure[2]
- Kelvin Coe (1946-1992), ballet dancer
- Mario Condello (1952-2006), solicitor, underworld figure
- Tom Corrigan (1851-1894), champion Irish jockey, died in a fall at Caulfield
D
- Derrimut (c1810-1864), Boonwurrung leader in early days of Melbourne
- Louise Dyer (1884-1962), music publisher
E
- George Elmslie (1861-1918), first Labor Premier of Victoria
F
- John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), one of the founders of Melbourne
- Frederick Federici (1850-1888), opera singer, who created the title role in The Mikado in New York in 1885[3]
- Edmund Finn (1819-1898), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "Garryowen"
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905-1990), historian
- James Goodall Francis (1819-1884), Premier of Victoria
- Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015), 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
G
- Jack Galbally (1910-1990), solicitor, politician
- S.T. Gill (1818-1880), artist
- Duncan Gillies (1834-1903), Premier of Victoria
- Samuel Gillott (1838-1913), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
- Sir John Gorton (1911-2002), 19th Prime Minister of Australia
- Thomas Grady VC DSM (To más Ó Grádaigh) (1835-1891), Irish Victoria Cross recipient in the Crimean War
- Edward Grayndler (1867-1943), AWU General-Secretary, politician
- Augustus Greeves (1806-1874), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
- Thomas Griffiths (1865-1947), General & Colonial Administrator
- Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870-1961), writer, author of We of the Never Never
H
- Eliza Hall (1847-1916), benefactor, founder of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- Greg Ham (1953-2012), musician
- William Hammersley (1826-1886), cricketer, writer, codifier of Australian Rules Football
- Patrick Hannan (1840-1925), discoverer of gold at Kalgoorlie
- Frank Hare, (1830-1892), police officer in charge of the Kelly Gang hunt[4][5]
- Richard Heales (1822-1864), Premier of Victoria
- Hermann Herlitz (1834-1920), Lutheran pastor and pioneer[6]
- Robert Hoddle (1794-1881), surveyor, designer of Melbourne
- Henry Hopwood (1813-1869), convict, pioneer, founder of Echuca (Tomb only; body actually buried in Echuca)
- Tom Horan (1854-1916), Test cricketer, wrote on cricket under the nom-de-plume "Felix"
- Sir Charles Hotham (1806-1855), Governor of Victoria
- John Iliffe (1846-1914), Dentistry pioneer
I
- Sir Isaac Isaacs (1855-1948), the first Australian-born Governor General
K
- Araluen Kendall (1869-1870), infant daughter of Henry Kendall, who was commemorated in the poem "Araluen"[7][8]
- John King (1838-1872), explorer, sole survivor of Burke and Wills expedition
L
- Peter Lalor (1827-1889), leader of the Eureka Stockade
- Walter Lindrum (1898-1960), billiards champion, has a distinctive tombstone in the shape of a billiard table
M
- John Macadam (1827-1865), scientist and politician, for whom the Macadamia nut was named
- Sir John Madden (1844-1918), Chief Justice
- Emily Lydia Mather (1865-1891), victim of Frederick Bailey Deeming[9]
- John Reid McGowan ("Gentleman Jack") (1872-1912), boxing champion
- Dame Pattie Menzies (1899-1995), Spouse of Sir Robert Menzies
- Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1978), 12th Prime Minister of Australia
- Billy Midwinter (1851-1890), Test cricketer for both England and Australia
- Sam Morris (1855-1931), Test cricketer
N
- William Nicholson (1816-1865), Premier of Victoria, Mayor, advocate of secret ballot
- Robert Nickle (1786-1855), Army commander
O
- Mietta O'Donnell (1950-2001), restaurateur, chef and food writer
- Cornelius O'Mahony (1840-1879), Gaelic scholar and Fenian
- Sir John O'Shanassy (1818-1883), Premier of Victoria
P
- Roy Park (1892-1947), Test cricketer, footballer (Melbourne), soldier, doctor
- Sir James Patterson (1833-1895), Premier of Victoria
- John Giles Price (1808-1857), Magistrate, murdered by convicts at Williamstown
R
- William Ramsay (1868-1914), developer and founder of Kiwi Boot Polish
- Moses Rintel (1823-1880), pioneering Rabbi
- Robert Russell (1808-1900), architect, pioneer
S
- Jack Saunders (1876-1927), Test cricketer
- James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia
- Sarah Scullin, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
- Clara Seekamp (1819-1908), actress, teacher, writer, first female editor of an Australian newspaper
- James Service (1823-1899), Premier of Victoria
- John Singleton (1808-1891), physician, philanthropist, evangelical Christian, social reformer; founder of the Royal Children's Hospital and Melbourne City Mission.[10]
- Brettena Smyth (1840-1898), feminist, suffragette, freethinker, family planning advocate[11]
- Sir Arthur Snowden (1829-1918), politician, lawyer, mayor
- Thomas Welton Stanford (1832-1918), businessman, brother of Stanford University founder Leland Stanford
- Peter Steele (1939-2012), poet
- Alfred Stirling (1902-1981), diplomat
- Davie Strath (1849-1879), golfer
- Selina Sutherland (1839-1909), health and child welfare worker
T
- Julian Thomas (1843-1896), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "The Vagabond"
- Sir John Thurston (1836-1897), Fijian colonial administrator
- Gerard Tucker (1885-1974), founder of the Brotherhood of St Laurence
W
- Clarence Whistler (1856-1885), wrestler
- William John Wills (1834-1861), explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)
- Samuel Wynn (1891-1982), restaurateur, wine merchant
Y
- Florence Young (1870-1920), actress & singer[12]
References
- ^ Phoenix, Dave (2011). Following Burke and Wills across Victoria : a touring guide. Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-646-56419-7.
- ^ "James Coates". Australian Dictionary Biography.
- ^ Federici on the Melbourne General Cemetery website
- ^ "Francis Hare".
- ^ "Hare, Francis". Obituaries Australia.
- ^ "Hermann Herlitz". ADB.
- ^ "Araluen Kendall". The Argus. 22 Nov 1924.
- ^ "Araluen - Henry Kendall".
- ^ "Frederick Deeming". Australian Dictionary Biography.
- ^ Otzen, Roslyn. Dr John Singleton 1808-1891. Melbourne Citymission, 2008, pp 30-34.
- ^ "Brettena Smyth". Australian Dictionary Biography.
- ^ "Florence Maude Young". Australian Dictionary Biography.