Non Denominational D

8 October 2014

27 December 2019

23 June 2014

27 December 2019

Sunday: 15^th March 2020 – 2pm

Meet at the gate on Hawthorn Road [near the corner of Sheffield St]

Cost: $15 per person. Members $10

Booking is essential – Lois on 9558 4248

The first settlement in the area occurred in 1803 at Sullivan Bay, and much of what is now Victoria was included in the Port Phillip District in 1836, an administrative division of New South Wales. Victoria was officially created a separate colony on July1,185, and achieved self-government in 1855.[6]

The Victorian gold rush in the 1850s and 1860s significantly increased both the population and wealth of the colony, and by the Federation of Australia on 9 May 1901, one hundred and forty seven members of the first  Federal Government were sworn in. Melbourne had become the largest city and leading financial centre in Australasia. Melbourne also served as capital of Australia until the construction of Canberra in 1927, with the Federal Parliament meeting in Melbourne’s Parliament House and all principal offices of the federal government being based in Melbourne.

The graves we are visiting today are men of vision from all levels of government including  two convicts