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Facts and Events
| Name |
Elsie Emma Malcom |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1] |
1873 |
Nerring, , Victoria, Australia |
| Death[1] |
16 Apr 1901 |
Bond Street, Long Gully, Bendigo, , Victoria, Australia |
| Burial[2][3] |
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Eaglehawk Cemetery, Eaglehawk, , Victoria, AustraliaE-Mail: bct@netcon.net.au URL: http://www.bencemtrust.com.au/Eaglehawk_Cemetery.htm Eaglehawk Cemetery 5 Victoria Street, 5 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk,, Victoria 3556 Australia (Grenfell Street, Reserve and Victoria Streets, adjacent to Neangar Memorial Park, Eaglehawk) The Government gazette dated 9th December 1863 stated "A site for a cemetery at Eaglehawk has been reserved by Order of the Government on 28th September 1863". The area reserved was 5 acres fronting Reserve Street. The Eaglehawk Old Monumental Section is laid out in orderly rectangular plats. It has all denominations and a Paupers section. There are many magnificent trees lining the roadways such as Bunya Pines, Morton Bay Figs, Oak, Hoop Pine, Canary Island Pine and Silky Oak. The first recorded burial at the Eaglehawk Cemetery is that of 21 year old John Edmond McDonough. He was interred in Grave 1 Section C on 6th July 1864. Today there is still a monument standing that was erected in his memory. There have been 6 Sextons live in the Sextons Residence formerly located near the front gates of the old monumental section. The cottage was built in the 1870's and was demolished in the 1970's. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hanson. Eaglehawk District Pioneer Register Volume 3 J ~ M. (Maiden Gully, Vic. : A.M. O'Donohue, 2001)
Pioneer #5178 Andrew Malcom Jnr page 798. - ↑ Compiled by the Bendigo Group of the G.S.V. Eaglehawk Cemetry Register, 1864-1969. (Photocopy (Typescript)198-?]).
- ↑ Burial Plot#14/K
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