eHive Object Details

Name/TitleJames Jackson : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920

About this objectA colourised photograph of a "splendid octagonal obelisk on a square pedestal in a railed grave," dedicated to James Jackson. The southern boundary fence and the trees along Franklin Street can be seen in the back ground.

The inscription reads: (99 in Selby's grave index p. 379, OPMHoM)
Erected by several colonists in memory of James Jackson, Esq., of Toorak, who died at sea on board the barque Nelson, during her passage to England on Sunday, 9th February, 1851, aged 43 years.

Selby states that he copied James Jackson's history from William Westgarth's Early Melbourne. Jackson, "greatest merchant of this early time", built Toorak House, later residence of the Governor. (p. 132, OPMHoM)

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. Selby slide #50.

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

MakerMiller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.

Maker RolePhotographer

MakerT.W. Cameron (Firm)

Maker RoleSlide Maker

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 KeywordsToorak House (Melbourne, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsJackson, James, 1807-1851

Subject and Association KeywordsMonuments and memorials

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-TM-58

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