Brighton Cemetery

Brighton General Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South, Victoria, but takes its name from Brighton, Victoria.

Brighton General Cemetery
Brighton General Cemetery
Details
Established1854
Location
Caulfield South, Victoria
CountryAustralia
Coordinates37°54′0″S 145°1′15″E
WebsiteBrighton General Cemetery (Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust)
Find a GraveBrighton General Cemetery

History

The Cemetery pre-dates the Caulfield Roads Board - the first official recognition of the suburb of Caulfield. Established in 1854 it became, together with St Kilda Cemetery, an alternative resting place for those who had lived south of the Yarra River. There are up 70,000 people interred, including famous Australian artists, politicians and military heroes.

The first representative of the Jewish community of the Board of Trustees was Phillip Blashki. He organised the building of the Tahara house, where the deceased were watched until buried. He instigated the idea of half-graves for children, as they were expensive and child mortality was high in the 19th century. Blashki also founded the Jewish burial society, Chevra Kadisha, still in existence today.

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 125 Commonwealth service personnel, 105 from World War I and 20 from World War II.[1] Most are members of the Australian Armed Forces, but three served for New Zealand Army (1) and British Army (2).

Notable Interments

Some of the notable people buried there include:

Name
Born
Died
Notes
Thomas Bent1838190922nd Premier of Victoria[2]
Walter Bingle18611928Senior and career (federal) public servant[3]
Thomas Alexander Browne18261915British-born police magistrate and justice of the peace; later as novelist (Rolf Boldrewood)
Maurice Vincent Buckley18911921Soldier of the First Australian Imperial Force in Europe during World War I and recipient Victoria Cross (VC)[4]
Ada Cambridge18441936English-born fiction author, poet and autobiographer[5]
John Chanter18451931Politician (Australian MP, NSW MP and state cabinet minister)
George Henry Crowther18541918Founded Brighton Grammar School in 1882[6]
Jack De Garis18841926Market gardener, newspaper publisher, businessman and aviator[7]
Henry Deane18471924English-born civil engineer and railway pioneer
Elizabeth Eggleston19341976Australian activist, author, and lawyer[8]
Sheila Florance19161991Theatre, film and television actress
Adam Lindsay Gordon18331870Azores-born poet, jockey, police officer and politician (South Australian parliamentarian)[9]
Bernard Heinze18941982Music academic, conductor, Director of Sydney Conservatorium of Music[10]
George Higinbotham18261892Politician, Chief Justice
George Johnston 18681949World War I General with First Australian Imperial Force[11]
Paul Jones18781972Goldminer, teacher, federal and state politician (Australian MP and Victorian Legislative Councillor)[12]
William Donovan Joynt18891986World War I Victoria Cross recipient (First Australian Imperial Force) and Australian Army officer during World War II;[13] later as publisher and author
Hugh Menzies 18571925Victorian politician and brother of James Menzies and uncle of Sir Robert Menzies, former Prime Minister of Australia
John Monash18651931Civil engineer and World War I General with First Australian Imperial Force[14]
Charles Mooreca.18581916Londonderry-born businessman and founder of Australian retail stores
James Newland18811949Soldier with First Australian Imperial Force and officer with the Australian Army, recipient of VC[15]
Walter Peeler18871968Soldier in the First Australian Imperial Force (WWI) and Second Australian Imperial Force (WW II), recipient of VC[16] and later as custodian of the Shrine of Remembrance
Henry Sutton 18551912Inventor[17]
Eveline Winifred Syme18881961English-born landscape painter, print maker
Squizzy Taylor18881927Career criminal and gangster
Albert Thurgood18741927Australian rules footballer; later as bookmaker, cricketer and golfer[18]
Harry Trott18661917Postman and test cricketer
Howard Vernon18481921Operetta singer/actor[19]

References
  1. BRIGHTON GENERAL CEMETERY, VICTORIA CWGC Cemetery report. Breakdown obtained from casualty records.
  2. Thomas Bent
  3. Carr, Cecil, "Bingle, Walter David (1861–1928)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 28 December 2014
  4. Maurice Buckley
  5. Ada Cambridge
  6. George Crowther
  7. Jack de Garis
  8. Eggleston, Elizabeth Moulton
  9. Adam Lindsay Gordon
  10. Bernard Heinze
  11. George Johnston
  12. Paul Jones
  13. William Donovan Joynt
  14. John Monash
  15. James Newland
  16. Walter Peeler
  17. Henry Sutton
  18. Albert Thurgood
  19. Howard Vernon
  • The Jews in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century, L.M. Goldman 1954
  • The enduring remnant:the first 150 years of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, 1841-1991,Joseph Aron, Judy Arndt, *Melbourne University Press, 1992 - History - 438 pages
  • Phillip Blashki, A Victorian Patriarch, Gael R. Hammer, 1986 ISBN 0-9589451-0-1
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