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Fawkner, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fawkner is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fawkner could be described as a family suburb with about 60 per cent of house ownership. The opening of the Upfield railway line on 8th October 1889 (electrified to Fawkner on 2nd December 1920); and the development of the Fawkner general cemetery encouraged residential development in the area. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fawkner   (433 words)

History of Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The two groups decided that there was plenty of land for everybody, and when Fawkner arrived on 16 October with another party of settlers, he agreed that they should start parcelling out land and not dispute who was there first. Victoria's population reached 400,000 in 1857 and 500,000 in 1860. Victoria suffered from an acute labour shortage despite its steady influx of migrants, and this pushed up wages until they were the highest in the world. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Melbourne   (3329 words)

Tickell Family Susannah died from cancer of the breast and exhaustion in Wandiligong, Victoria, Australia on October 17, 1881 and was buried on October 18, 1881 in the Bright Cemetery in Bright, Victoria, Australia. Barton died at Heatherton Sanatorium in Heatherton, Victoria, Australia on June 29, 1925 and was buried in the Fawkner Cemetery in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. Harriet died at 2 West Street in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia in September 1941 and was buried on September 22, 1941 at the Fawkner Cemetery (Methodist B Section) in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. thethomsons.aussieland.net /tickell.htm   (1214 words)

Fawkner, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) The name was superseded by Fawkner fairly soon, although a Box Forest (Anglican) school was opened in 1846 and a Box Forest Road runs along the northern boundary of the Fawkner cemetery. Fawkner has three reserves with sporting facilities, the middle one having the swimming pool. Fawkner has had census populations of 307 (1911), 758 91933) and 911 (1947). www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/fawkner.html   (475 words)

Lowe5 - aqxg14 Violet Letitia ANDERSON died 22 Oct 1989 and was buried 25 Oct 1989 in Fawkner Cemetery Victoria Australia. She died 19 Feb 1929 in Cheltenham Victoria Australia and was buried 19 Feb 1929 in Springvale Cemetery Victoria Australia. She died 27 Nov 1960 in Ashburton Victoria Australia and was buried 29 Nov 1960 in Springvale Cemetery Victoria Australia. www.users.bigpond.com /soux/aqxg14.htm   (787 words)

Victoria Barracks, Melbourne The earliest buildings at Victoria Barracks were built by soldiers in the late 1850s, with the original bluestone buildings being constructed between 1856 and 1872. Victoria Barracks was the administrative headquarters for the Australian Army but to ensure the close coordination of the three services necessary to the war effort, the Barracks also became the administrative headquarters of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force. The head of Air Raid Precautions, Mr Carrodus, established flout practices in December 1941, however on one occasion the Prime Minister and Defence Secretariat staff were forced to stay late with the lights doused because the flout curtains proved inadequate. john.curtin.edu.au /behindthescenes/offices/victoriabarracks.html   (1208 words)

Lowe5 - aqxg32 Rachael Victoria MOSS was born 22 Dec 1915. Frances Henry MCFEE [Parents] died 1929 in Northcote Victoria Australia and was buried 16 Mar 1929 in Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria Australia Baptist B 547. She died 1941 in Alphington Victoria Australia and was buried 24 Jul 1941 in Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria Australia Baptist B 547. www.users.bigpond.com /soux/aqxg32.htm   (228 words)

Richardson Family Charlotte died in Footscray, Victoria, Australia on December 12, 1942 and was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Delph died in Nhill, Victoria, Australia in June 16, 1948 and was buried on June 18, 1948 at the cemetery in Rainbow, Victoria, Australia. She died in Parkville, Victoria, Australia in 1946 and was buried on January 2, 1946 in the Old Cheltenham Cemetery in Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia with her parents. thethomsons.aussieland.net /richards.htm   (1519 words)

ancestors - pafg25 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Robert RICKERBY was born on 19 Oct 1873 in, of Victoria, Australia. Clarence CARTER was born in 1891 in, of Victoria, Australia. Reginald Stawell BURRIDGE was born in 1891 in, of Victoria, Australia. member.melbpc.org.au /~mall/ancestors/pafg25.htm   (678 words)

Descendants of Francis Joseph Kinigett 1861 was born on 5 Jul 1912 in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, died on 11 Feb 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 64, and was buried on 15 Feb 1977 in Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria. Norman Henry Livesay was born on 14 Jan 1917 in Richmond, Victoria, died on 9 Jan 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria at age 74, and was buried in Jan 1992 in Fawkner Cemetery. Dorothy was born in 1924 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria and died in 2001 in Melbourne, Victoria at age 77. members.optusnet.com.au /russellpearce1/kingett/d1.htm   (1001 words)

WARATAH ...Birthplace of Tasmanian Mining - pafg175 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File She was buried in Aug 1971 in Fawkner, Victoria,Australia. Arthur Charles JACOBS [Parents] was born on 1 Mar 1911 in South Melbourne, Victoria,Australia. She was buried on 25 Nov 1974 in Fawkner, Victoria,Australia. home.iprimus.com.au /waratah/waratah/pafg175.htm   (298 words)

John Powell Descendancy - Fourth Generation She was buried on 13 Jul 1992 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. Violet was born in 1903 in Avoca, Victoria, Australia. Ivy Thelma AH YEE (Albert Ernest AH YEE, Catherine POWELL, John) was born on 31 Dec 1910 in Colac, Victoria, Australia. home.iprimus.com.au /s_steffensen/johnpowelldes/pafg06.htm   (591 words)

Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy At 16 he was given a position in the geological survey office and in 1861 he became a field assistant to Richard Daintree (q.v.) with whom he was associated in the survey of part of southern Victoria. He was interested in the Acclimatization Society of Victoria and in 1873 wrote pamphlets on the angora goat, and on the ostrich. It was a period of great importance for Victoria which saw the transition from a colony depending principally on the pastoral industry and gold-mining, to one in which agriculture and manufacturing were to be even more important. www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html   (20437 words)

NEW SOUTH WALES - LoveToKnow Article on NEW SOUTH WALES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) In 1851, when separate autonomy was granted to Victoria, New South Wales had a population of 187,243, the annual imports were 2,078,338, the exports 2,399,580, the revenue was 575,794, and the colony contained 132,437 horses, 1,738,965 cattle and 13,059,324 sheep. The visit of the Australian premiers to England on the occasion of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee gave an additional impetus to federation, and in September 1897 the convention reassembled in Sydney and discussed the modifications in the constitution which had been suggested in the local parliaments. Those of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania agreed to the measure; but the majority in New South Wales, 5458, was not sufficient to carry the bill. www.1911ency.org /N/NE/NEW_SOUTH_WALES.htm   (8772 words)

KNOWLES Family Tree - pafg05.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) She died 4 Mar 1934 in Melbourne, Vic, England and was buried in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. He died 25 Apr 1929 in Melbourne, Vic, Australia and was buried in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. Victoria Kathleen Alethea Barnes was born 5 Mar 1898 in Ulverston, Tasmania, Australia. www.hmsweb.co.uk /familyhistory/knowlesfa/pafg05.htm   (614 words)

Fawkner, Victoria - Travelmate Fawkner is watered by a number of creeks, including Merri and Edgars, which feed into the Lake Reservoir. Fawker, in fact, hosts Australia's largest 'single cemetery entity.' The Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park extends over 297ha which are landscaped with manicured lawns, fragrant rose gardens, fountains, lakes and ponds. The park is still served by a railway station which, from 1906 to 1939, was the terminus for special trains made up of one first class and two second class carriages, a guard's van and a 'mortuary carriage' carrying the deceased and mourners from Melbourne. www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=9863   (251 words)

ancestors - pafg02 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Norma Beth DOAK [Parents] was born on 4 Feb 1928 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. She was buried on 17 Jun 1991 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. Thomas Allen DOAK [Parents] was born on 18 Dec 1896 in Longford, Tasmania, Australia. member.melbpc.org.au /~mall/ancestors/pafg02.htm   (1052 words)

Quang Duc Monastery Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (with photos)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) This is an enormous project for the Buddhist community in Victoria, both in size and financial terms, hence it needs all the contributions and good-hearted willingless from the community in helping to successfully complete this great project. On Sunday 10 December 2000 the Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association of Victoria held a Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for its new Monastery at 105 Lynch Road, Fawkner, Victoria. Hughes from the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. was in Thailand at the 21st General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists and appointed delegates Frank Carter and Rilla Oellien to attended the ceremony as Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Representatives. www.bddronline.net.au /bddr10no3/quangduc.html   (3430 words)

Cemetery Index's of MacMillan's in Australia and Beyond, for the, Clan MacMillan Soc. in Australia. Coleraine, Brimpaen, Branxholme, Birregurra, Victoria] [Tammin, W.A. Woombye, Tewantin, Buderim, Caloundra, Mount Isa, Nambour, Qld. Taken from an index by members of the Ballarat Group of the Genealogical Society of Victoria 1988. Yallourn is between Moe and Morwell in the Latrobe Valley area of Victoria. home.vicnet.net.au /~mcmillan/cemetery.htm   (3331 words)

All About Melbourne | Australian Invasion | KoolDave.com©2006 Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001). Melbourne is a large commercial and industrial centre, with many of Australia's largest companies, and many multinational corporations (approximately one-third of the 100 largest multinationals operating in Australia as of 2002) headquartered there. It is home to Australia's largest seaport, seven universities (the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University, Victoria University, La Trobe University, RMIT University, and Swinburne University), and much of Australia's automotive industry (including the engine manufacturing facility of Holden, and the Ford and Toyota manufacturing facilities) amongst many other manufacturing industries. www.kooldave.com /pages/ausinvasion/melbourne.htm   (1181 words)

Selected Families/Individuals - pafg39 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) He died on 08 Jan 1967 in North Richmond, Victoria, Australia and was buried on 10 Jan 1967 in Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia. George GRECIAN married Ida Elizabeth STAINSBY in 1884 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. John George James GRECIAN was born in 1885 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. members.shaw.ca /claydonpsn/pafg39.htm   (789 words)

Coburg, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Among the first purchasers were John Pascoe Fawkner (a Melbourne "founder"), Faquhar McCrae (magistrate and speculator) and Arundel Wrighte (squatter and speculator). Some allotments near the Sydney Road were subdivided as small farms, and the village reserve was named Pentridge in 1840, probably after Pentridge, Dorset. A Sydney Road Trust was formed in 1840, principally involving McCrae and Fawkner who were antagonistic to each other. www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/coburg.html   (1143 words)

History of Melbourne - Reference - Melbourne Online - Only Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) History in Australia and in particular Victoria, is well recorded and maintained. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3.8 million (2006 estimate) in the Melbourne metropolitan area and 69,670 in the City of Melbourne..Read More Victorian History Library - The PMI Library has been specialising in the history of Victoria for 25 years, and is the only collection of its kind in Australia which is available for loan. www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne.php?id=580   (1137 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Died: 1927, Hotham East Victoria, Australia, at age 51 Birth Certificate: No 15486 (VIC), 1876, Daylesford Victoria, Australia. (Ernest Albert Buckley was born in 1872 in Richmond Victoria, Australia.) www.derwood.com /public-tree/389.htm   (61 words)

Chapel of the Archangel Michael Mausoleum - Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park - Milne Construction Co. - United ... Chapel of the Archangel Michael Mausoleum - Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park - Milne Construction Co. - United States, Canada, Australia Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park - Fawkner, Victoria, Australia Chapel of the Archangel Michael Mausoleum has been architect-designed to the highest European standards. www.milneconstruction.com /projects/9753.htm   (90 words)

GENEALOGY OF THE MELDER FAMILY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Victoria 1969), son of Ismail Yucedag and Neyime Ayrilmaz. Greek Orthodox Church, Fawkner, Victoria, on 1 November 1997, John Vlahiotis, born 9 April March 1968), married in St Vincent de Paul's Church, Strathmore, Victoria, on 21 September 1991, Jenny Lynn Nott, born 23 October 1969, daughter of John David Nott and Diana Mary Forrest of Strathmore, Victoria. www13.brinkster.com /tormel/melder_family.htm   (676 words)

26 May 2002: The Spreading of Buddha Dhamma on this Continent of Australia The author knows of one case in Victoria where a Vietnamese Nun permitted use of an illegal building (a garage) to hold services at her Temple. For example, a Temple in Richmond, Victoria, had to remove a flashing Quan Yin image from its facade because the Temple was in a residential zone, and not a commercial or industrial zone where flashing advertising signs are allowed. On Sunday, the 2nd of June, 1991, The Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Victoria and The Vietnamese Buddhist Association of South East Melbourne, celebrated Vesak at the Collingwood Town Hall, Collingwood, Victoria. www.bdcublessings.net.au /radio226.html   (7557 words)

File WEBSITE.GED: VITALLI, Lucy - WADE, Sarah Eliza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) The eldest son William appears to have initially stayed as he married Mary Hardinge in Hobart in 1862. By the late 1870s he was living in Digby in Victoria. Again in the list of subscribers for Williams book there are names of Dr Gorringe, Miss Gorringe, Mr F Franks, Mr J Franks and Miss Franks. www.vision.net.au /~dburbury/d0010/g0001052.htm   (1190 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Died: 8-1966, Parkville Victoria, Australia, at age 91 Birth Certificate: No 16238 (VIC), 1875, Geelong Victoria, Australia. (Clara Christina (Lundgern) Dorsett was born in 1881 in Hotham Victoria, Australia and died in 1956 in Melbourne Victoria, Australia.) www.derwood.com /public-tree/422.htm   (70 words)

Monash Public Library Service Victoria Australia Victoria: Pioneers Index 1837-1888 Microfiche GW and CLAY Also on CD ROM. Victoria: Federation Index 1889-1901 Microfiche GW and CLAY Also on CD ROM. Victoria: Edwardian Index 1902-1913 Microfiche GW and CLAY Also on CD ROM. www.monlib.vic.gov.au /famhist.html   (1240 words)

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