eHive Object Details

Name/TitleOld Melbourne Cemetery: elevated view, c. 1920

About this objectA photograph of Old Melbourne Cemetery taken looking north from an elevated position, possibly on A'Beckett Street. The top half of the image is very cloudy as if the photograph was taken on a misty morning.

The cemetery is noticeable by its light-coloured tombstones and monuments dotted among the many trees.

In the foreground are buildings that line the south side of Franklin Street. The three roofs with skylights could be the Currie & Richards store which was built in 1915. St Mary's Cathedral (St Mary Star of the Sea) can be seen at the left edge of the image. Buildings of West Melbourne that line Peel and Queensbury streets can be seen to the left of the image too. The market is in the mist behind the cemetery. A horse and cart trundles around the corner at Franklin and Queen streets, at the right edge of the image.

This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 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.

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.

For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.

Maker RolePhotographer

Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm

Period1910-1920

Object TypePhotograph

Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956

Subject and Association KeywordsMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.

Subject and Association KeywordsOld Melbourne Cemetery (Melbourne)

Subject and Association KeywordsSt Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church (West Melbourne, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsFranklin Street (Melbourne, Vic)

Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-TM-49

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