Brighton General Cemetery

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Brighton General Cemetery is located in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South, Victoria, but takes its name from Brighton, Victoria.

History

The Cemetery pre-dates the Caulfield Roads Board – the first official recognition of the suburb of Caulfield. Established in 1854 it became, together with St Kilda Cemetery, an alternative resting place for those who had lived south of the Yarra River. There are up 70,000 people interred, including famous Australian artists, politicians and military heroes.

The first representative of the Jewish community of the Board of Trustees was Phillip Blashki. He organised the building of the Tahara house, where the deceased were watched until buried. He instigated the idea of half-graves for children, as they were expensive and child mortality was high in the 19th century. Blashki also founded the Jewish burial society, Chevra Kadisha, still in existence today.

War graves

{{As of|November 2021}} the cemetery contains the identified war graves of 156 Commonwealth service personnel, 135 from World War I and 21 from World War II. Most are members of the Australian Armed Forces, but three served for New Zealand Army (1) and British Army (2).{{cite web |title=Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria {{!}} Cemetery Details |url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/13925/brighton-general-cemetery-victoria/ |website=CWGC |access-date=20 November 2021 |language=en}}

Notable interments

People buried there include:{{cite web |title=Who's Who of Notable Interments |url=https://brightoncemetery.com/whos-who-of-notable-interments/ |website=Brighton General Cemetery |language=en-AU}}

Class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Born !! Died !! Notes
{{sortname\|C. Inving\|Benson}}	1897	1980	superintendent, Central Methodist Mission
{{sortname\|Thomas\|Bent}}	1838	1909	22nd Premier of Victoria
{{sortname\|Walter\|Bingle}}	1861	1928	Senior and career (federal) public servant
{{sortname\|Merric\|Boyd}}	1888	1959	artist, ceramacist and potter
{{sortname\|Annie \|Bright}}	1840	1913	British-born journalist and spiritualist
{{sortname\|Thomas Alexander\|Browne}}	1826	1915	British-born police magistrate and justice of the peace; later as novelist (Rolf Boldrewood)
{{sortname\| Maurice Vincent \|Buckley}}	1891	1921	Soldier of the First Australian Imperial Force in Europe during World War I and recipient Victoria Cross (VC)
{{sortname\|Ada\|Cambridge}}	1844	1936	English-born fiction author, poet and autobiographer
{{sortname\|John\|Chanter}}	1845	1931	Politician (Australian MP, NSW MP and state cabinet minister)
{{sortname\|George Henry \|Crowther}}	1854	1918	Founded Brighton Grammar School in 1882
{{sortname\|Jack \|De Garis}}	1884	1926	Market gardener, newspaper publisher, businessman and aviator
{{sortname\|Henry\| Deane\|Henry Deane (engineer)}}	1847	1924	English-born civil engineer and railway pioneer
{{sortname\|Elizabeth\|Eggleston}}	1934	1976	Australian activist, author, and lawyer
{{sortname\|Sheila\| Florance\|Sheila Florance}}	1916	1991	Theatre, film and television actress
{{sortname\|Adam Lindsay \|Gordon}}	1833	1870	Azores-born poet, jockey, police officer and politician (South Australian parliamentarian)
{{sortname\|Bernard\|Heinze}}	1894	1982	Music academic, conductor, Director of Sydney Conservatorium of Music
{{sortname\|George\| Higinbotham\|George Higinbotham}}	1826	1892	Politician, Chief Justice
{{sortname\|George \|Johnston \|George Johnston (general)}}	1868	1949	World War I General with First Australian Imperial Force
{{sortname\|Paul\|Jones\|Paul Jones (Australian politician)}}	1878	1972	Goldminer, teacher, federal and state politician (Australian MP and Victorian Legislative Councillor)
{{sortname\|William Donovan \|Joynt}}	1889	1986	World War I Victoria Cross recipient (First Australian Imperial Force) and Australian Army officer during World War II; later as publisher and author
{{sortname\|Hugh \|Menzies }}	1857	1925	Victorian politician and brother of James Menzies and uncle of Sir Robert Menzies, former Prime Minister of Australia
{{sortname\|John \|Monash}}	1865	1931	Civil engineer and World War I General with First Australian Imperial Force
{{sortname\|Charles \|Moore\|Charles Moore and Co.}}	ca.1858	1916	Derry-born businessman and founder of Australian retail stores
{{sortname\|James \|Newland}}	1881	1949	Soldier with First Australian Imperial Force and officer with the Australian Army, recipient of VC
{{sortname\|Walter\|Peeler}}	1887	1968	Soldier in the First Australian Imperial Force (WWI) and Second Australian Imperial Force (WW II), recipient of VC and later as custodian of the Shrine of Remembrance
{{sortname\|Henry\|Sutton \|Henry Sutton (inventor)}}	1855	1912	Inventor
{{sortname\|Eveline Winifred \| Syme}}	1888	1961	English-born landscape painter, print maker
{{sortname\|Squizzy \|Taylor}}	1888	1927	Career criminal and gangster
{{sortname\|Albert \|Thurgood}}	1874	1927	Australian rules footballer; later as bookmaker, cricketer and golfer
{{sortname\|Harry\|Trott}}	1866	1917	Postman and test cricketer
{{sortname\|Howard\|Vernon\|Howard Vernon (Australian actor)}}	1848	1921	Operetta singer/actor

References

The Jews in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century, L.M. Goldman 1954
The enduring remnant:the first 150 years of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, 1841–1991, Joseph Aron, Judy Arndt, Melbourne University Press, 1992 – History – 438 pages
Phillip Blashki, A Victorian Patriarch, Gael R. Hammer, 1986 {{ISBN|0958945101}}

External links

{{Official|https://smct.org.au/our-locations/about-brighton-general-cemetery}}
[http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemeteries/Brighton-General-Cemetery/179294 Brighton General Cemetery] – Billion Graves

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