Smythesdale Cemetery in Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia | Cemetery

Smythesdale Cemetery

Locality: Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia

Address: 1920 Glenelg hwy 3351 Scarsdale, VIC, Australia

Website: http://smythesdalecemetery.com.au

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25.01.2022 Thomas Ulick Burke was the manager of the Bank of Australasia in Smythesdale. He was 42 years old, married with two children, when he was murdered on the 10th of May in 1867 while on his way back from a gold buying trip in Corindhap. George Searle and Joseph Ballan we’re apprehended a few days later and charged with his murder. The gold and money was found under the floor in the stables of the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Corindhap. On the 7th of August the two men were hanged in Ballarat for their crime. A memorial has been erected at the site of the shooting which is on the left side of the road, up an embankment, heading toward Cape Clear. Behind the old stables in Smythesdale, the gallows have been reconstructed.

24.01.2022 The cemetery trust would like to thank everyone for helping us in our search to track down members of the Gilhooley family. Unfortunately nobody has come forward yet. At a recent meeting the Trust members agreed to repair and protect as much as they can before it deteriorates further. This morning a fallen piece was unearthed much to the member’s delight.

21.01.2022 A few photos of the Spring snow

21.01.2022 The Smythesdale Cemetery Trust, where possible, chooses to use products that protect our environment and reduce waste to landfill. The framework for the rose garden and ashes compartments is made from 100% recycled plastic manufactured by Victorian company REPLAS. The plastic is a mixture of HDPE (High Density Polyethylene e.g. milk bottles) PP (Poly propylene e.g. bottle tops) and LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene e.g. plastic shopping bags).

21.01.2022 Earlier this year the Trust spent the day workshopping and developing a strategic plan. We discussed issues that will improve the look and functionality of the cemetery. We then decided a time frame for all the items that were discussed. Our ideas were then put into a booklet. Some of the items have been actioned and others are in the works to come to fruition soon, others need a longer time frame. At the CCAV meeting in August, the Smythesdale Cemetery Trust members were presented with the Innovation Award for putting together our 5 year strategic plan.

17.01.2022 Smythesdale Cemetery is still operational during this trying time. Any questions can be directed to our Secretary via email or phone call. Funerals can still be held with necessary funeral directors, staff and up to 10 mourners. Whilst visiting our cemetery please adhere to the current physical distancing of 1.5m in line with government advice. Placing your hand over your heart is a lovely gesture of sympathy, it relays the care, thoughts and feelings that mourners have toward each other while maintaining the physical distance.

15.01.2022 The cemetery trust would like to thank everyone for helping us in our search to track down members of the Gilhooley family. Unfortunately nobody has come forward yet. At a recent meeting the Trust members agreed to repair and protect as much as they can before it deteriorates further. This morning a fallen piece was unearthed much to the member’s delight.

12.01.2022 Dr Louis Saenger. Dr Johann Hermann Louis Saenger, MD of Saxe Weimar died 2nd October 1865, he was 37 years old. He was murdered in Newton by a miner. His grave was repaired in 1929 by the Scarsdale Old Boys Reunion Committee.

12.01.2022 The Smythesdale Cemetery Trust, where possible, chooses to use products that protect our environment and reduce waste to landfill. The framework for the rose garden and ashes compartments is made from 100% recycled plastic manufactured by Victorian company REPLAS. The plastic is a mixture of HDPE (High Density Polyethylene e.g. milk bottles) PP (Poly propylene e.g. bottle tops) and LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene e.g. plastic shopping bags).

11.01.2022 George and Harriet Bird arrived from England in 1852. They purchased mixed farming land in Scarsdale and named it Rotherwood. They later moved to Smythesdale and named their home Woodbine Cottage. George was one of the councillors for the Borough of Browns and Scarsdale. Their son John married Mary Anne Tucker and raised 10 children on their property in Scarsdale. John was a member of the Smythesdale Cemetery Trust. George Melbourne Bird, their son, was an active member of the community and also a member of the Smythesdale Cemetery Trust.

11.01.2022 One year ago we started our Facebook page. A big thank you to you all for your fabulous support, messages, donations, likes and shares.

08.01.2022 Reverend John Gow was born in 1830 in Glasgow. He was licensed in the Presbytery of Glasgow but came to Australia in 1847 to become a sheep farmer. He took up a selection near Shelford but found farming hard. The locals didn’t have much religious support so he answered their call by becoming ordained in November of the same year. He was the first Presbyterian minister ordained in Victoria. He was later appointed to Smythesdale and Scarsdale. He was responsible for founding churches at Smythesdale, Scarsdale, Colac, Cressy and Rokewood. On the 18th of June 1866 he died at the Manse, Miners Rest and was buried on the 22nd June.

08.01.2022 Smythesdale Cemetery is still operational during this trying time. Any questions can be directed to our Secretary via email or phone call. Funerals can still be held with necessary funeral directors, staff and up to 10 mourners. Whilst visiting our cemetery please adhere to the current physical distancing of 1.5m in line with government advice. Placing your hand over your heart is a lovely gesture of sympathy, it relays the care, thoughts and feelings that mourners have toward each other while maintaining the physical distance.

07.01.2022 One of the items in our Strategic Plan was to fix up the ashes garden. Over the last few weeks Trust members and the guys from Scarsdale Mens Shed have done a fantastic job improving the garden. Today the roses from Avalon Nursery went in. A big thank you to all involved.

06.01.2022 The ANZAC Memorial at Smythesdale Cemetery with the Aleppo Pine (Lone Pine) in the background. A major diversionary offensive was launched by the 1st Australian Infantry Division on 6 August 1915. The ridge at Gallipoli was dominated by the single Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) became known as Lone Pine. Lance Corporal Benjamin Smith of the 3rd Battalion, whose brother was killed in the battle for Lone Pine Ridge, sent a cone home to his mother, Mrs McMullen at Inverell in Ne...w South Wales. Mrs McMullen kept the cone for 13 years before planting the seeds in 1928. She grew two seedlings, one of which she presented to the town of Inverell and the other to the Parks and Gardens section of the Department of the Interior in Canberra. The Duke of Gloucester planted this second tree at the Australian War Memorial in October 1934. Today it stands over 20 metres in height. The Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra has been collecting and propagating seeds from the tree at the Australian War Memorial since the late 1940’s. Since then many seedlings have been distributed for commemorative purposes. One of these was planted in Smythesdale Cemetery to commemorate the Centenary of ANZAC in 2015.

02.01.2022 A few of the Trust members met at the cemetery to discuss a few options for upcoming grant applications.

02.01.2022 The Smythesdale Cemetery Trust would like to make contact with any descendants of Ellen and Richard Gilhooley who lived in Wills St, Smythesdale in the 1800’s. Ellen (died 1887) and three children are buried in the oldest section of the cemetery with a brick monument. Richard was a brick layer so we assume he did the work himself. This is the oldest monument in the cemetery and it is in some urgent need of some TLC. The Trust would like to contact their descendants to discuss what can or should be done to ensure that this monument receives the necessary restoration. Please contact the Trust Secretary [email protected] or 0408 428 855 if you are descendants of the Gilhooly family or have information about how they may be contacted.

02.01.2022 Smythesdale Cemetery Trust holds 4 meetings per year in February, April, July and October. If you would like to bring a matter to our attention please contact the secretary [email protected]

02.01.2022 Our new row markers look great and they make navigating the lawn section easier

01.01.2022 Come along to the Smythesdale market this Saturday and meet some of the members from our Trust