Cemetery
127 Ormond Road, GEELONG EAST VIC 3219 - Property No 217135
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
Bellarine Heritage Study Record Sheet No. 238
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - EASTERN CEMETERY
The Eastern Cemetery is of local historical significance for the association with past residence and settlers of the district, the genealogical and other biographical data contained on the surviving headstones and tomb structures, and of architectural interest for the items of monumental masonry which mark the burial place of prominent local residents
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
REFERENCE:
Victorian Government Gazette - 1876, p.608.
Geelong Advertiser - 3 November 1934 records the following details.
A site for a cemetery was laid out in the first survey for Geelong, dated 1838. In 1876, temporary land grants of 1847 for the Church of England section, and 1849 for the Presbyterian section, were formalized in line with the Cemeteries Act of 1864. V.G.G.
1843 - Church of England Section consecrated
1844 - Land grant for Roman Catholic section.
1849 - Wesleyan and Jewish sections land grants.
1853 - Baptist section land grant.
First recorded headstone is dated 1839.
The cemetery contains a fine array of tombstones and monuments including those erected over the tombs of many prominent Western District pastoralists and the monument to Dr Geddies erected 1878.
A number of significant structures including the Gatehouse are separately recorded.
See the Cemetery Trustees records for details.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading:
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EASTERN CEMETERY GATEHOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1170
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Eastern Cemetery ChapelGreater Geelong City
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Eastern Cemetery GatehouseGreater Geelong City H1170
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