Name/TitleJohn Pascoe Fawkner, wife and parents : Melbourne General Cemetery, 1930
About this objectPhotograph of the memorial built over the remains of John Pascoe Fawkner, founder of Melbourne, his wife, Eliza, and his parents, John and Eliza, located at the southern (?) end of Melbourne General Cemetery.
The memorial takes the form of a small steeply-roofed stone mausoleum , with an arched doorway and a stone balustrade projecting from the front. The tree shading the entrance has since been removed, as has the small bush in the foreground of the image.
The details of the interred Pascoe family are engraved on white stone on the back wall inside the structure, and cannot be seen in this photograph. See GS-TM-45 for inscription detail.
More tombstones are visible to the right and left of the Fawkner monument.
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) in the 1920s as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project.
Selby strongly argued that Batman, and not Fawkner, was the founder of Melbourne, and organised annual visits to Batman's grave on Foundation Day. Ironically, Batman's grave was relocated to Fawkner cemetery in 1923.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. The date, 1930, is written on the slide.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Maker RolePhotographer
Inscription and MarksTyped label on slide : "Aust. Melbrn. Carlton Cemtr. Fawkner Memorial. 1930".
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1920-1930
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials
Subject and Association KeywordsFawkner, John Pascoe, 1792-1869.
Subject and Association KeywordsMelbourne General Cemetery (Carlton, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.
Subject and Association KeywordsFawkner, Eliza
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-TM-03
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