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Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Inc.

Locality: Cheltenham, Victoria

Address: Charman Road 3192 Cheltenham, VIC, Australia

Website: www.focrc.org/contact.htm

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24.01.2022 The grave of the famous ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev in the cemetery was called the Russian cemetery in Paris. The carpet that covers the tomb is not a carpet, but a tombstone of small mosaics.

23.01.2022 Hello to All of our Facebook friends. We have great news from the Cheltenham Friends Group Our new website and database are now live on the web, so please check it out at our usual link:... www.focrc.org We hope you enjoy the new look, as you scroll down the web pages will reveal themselves. We welcome any feedback The Committee are very happy to be moving into the 21st Century, and would sincerely like to thank Ross Jackson for the early stages, and James Sheron of Itinfinity for the later stages of development.

22.01.2022 just sharing as family may be in the group

22.01.2022 Due to Coronavirus Pandemic and the rail development works at Cheltenham station, the Friends of Cheltenham Cemeteries will not hold tours until further notice, as advised by SMCT. We always have concerns for the safety and well-being of all our supporters, so when we are permitted to resume tours we will publish the details. If you have any questions, or concerns pleas contact us vis our website or email. www.focrc.org [email protected]... Stay calm and safe

22.01.2022 From FRANKSTON COUNCIL .... Contact Details of Titleholders Following the theft and damage of Memorials at Frankston Memorial Park in May 2015, the majority of the missing plaques and damaged headstones on the affected gravesites have now been repaired and/or replaced.... We have not yet been able to locate the titleholders of the remaining affected gravesites listed below: 162 - Frances Bawden B13 - James Watson B76 - Christopher Hircshfelder C12 - Stanley Walker Weatherill C74 - Edmond Peter Byrne C651 - Evelyn Dorothy Hamilton C660 - William Morgan C729 - Dusan Maxim Paulisa C914 - Ana Coprean Should any member of the public have any contact details of the families or any other information regarding the above mentioned gravesites, please contact Frankston Memorial Park.

21.01.2022 To all of our Facebook friends and supporters. As this year draws to a close the Cheltenham Friends Committee would like to thank you all for your continued support and generous donations, throughout this testing and difficult time. It has challenged all of us in ways we could never have imagined. If there is any positive to come out of the pandemic it will be that we have all had to reassess what is important to us, and what we value most in life. 2021 brings hope for recov...ery and rebuilding. Here's to a better year for us all. To you and your loved ones, best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy & healthy New Year. Stay safe everyone. Cheltenham Cemetery Friends Committee

20.01.2022 The Hardy Tree. Inside the ancient churchyard of St Pancras, behind the small church, is this. The story goes that during the 1860's, when the Midland Railway l...ine was built over the original St Pancras Churchyard, an Architect named Blomfield was commisioned to exhume the human remains and dismantle the tombs. Being a rather unpleasant task, he passed the job onto his young protégé, Thomas Hardy (who in the following years would go on to become the renound novelist). Hardy is credited as having had the idea to place the remaining headstones in a pattern around an ash tree at the back of the churchyard. In the years since the trunk has absorbed many of the headstones, welding life and death in a bizarre but beautfiful way. See more

20.01.2022 Even though the Williamstown Cemetery has been closed to visitors, GMCT is quietly working behind the fences. As part of the maintenance plan there are a numb...er of works planned for Williamstown Cemetery in 2020. Some of these have already taken place including tree planting along Champion Road. The various cemetery improvement works are as follows: Drainage improvements to C of E section, adjacent to Champion Road Road works to match the current road following the drainage improvements Reroute of electricity and communications underground and removal of an onsite pole to improve the aesthetics of the cemetery Tree removals next to derelict caretaker’s house Demolition of the derelict caretaker’s house. Let’s hope the improved drainage means we will see less mud around the walkways

19.01.2022 An image shared from the Daguerreian-Dandy photograph group.

19.01.2022 There's more than a touch of the Irish at the Yambuk Cemetery with names on the headstones such as O'Shannesy, Ryan and Maloney hailing from the likes of Limeri...ck, Tipperary, and Clare. I have written one post for Western District Families on the Yambuk Cemetery and you can read it on the link https://westerndistrictfamilies.com//03/02/yambuk-cemetery/ Another one is very close to being finished but I doubt I'll manage to get it out by the end of the year. See more

15.01.2022 We agree, as we love our yellow flowers too!

14.01.2022 Our new Ladies of the Cemetery Tour celebrates the lives of these determined, strong women who proved they were capable of more than just 'home duties'. Join us for a relaxed wander around this beautiful old cemetery and hear the lives of these courageous women who successfully followed their own path. Bookings: Rosemary [email protected]

13.01.2022 An article from our recent newsletter- Raves from the Graves - written by Sue Beazley.

09.01.2022 The pines of Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery come down with a creak and a crash!

09.01.2022 A child's gravesite due to be redeveloped against our family's wishes... If you look up a family member this is what you will recieve... You would read this thi...nking ok well the renewal status says approaching renewal so I'll surly be given the option to renew this site... NO YOUR NOT GIVEN ANY CHOICE... YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ARE NOT VALID... YOUR FAMILYS GREIF IS DISREGARDED... SHAME SHAME SHAME ON KARAKATTA CEMETARY... This child/My Aunty was buried with the belief that she would always have a place left on this earth to remember her by for future generations... My dearest nanna lost her first born child and when the decision was made to bury her in Karakatta in 1959 she WAS NOT MADE AWARE that this would happen in the future... SOUNDS UNFAIR? THATS BECAUSE IT IS!!! HELP US SPREAD AWARENESS OF PERTHS HIDDEN SHAME AND DISRESPECT FOR OUR DECEASED!!! All permissions for pictures and information given for this to be shared far and wide. - Nicole Bird, neice of the late Lorraine Hayward and Grandaughter of late Reginald Hayward. Please visit/like/share Saving family headstones for more information and shared posts

09.01.2022 There will literally be hundreds of thousands!

08.01.2022 An eerie morning at the cemetery.

07.01.2022 The Friends of Cheltenham Cemeteries are pleased to let all of our Facebook friends know of a book which has been researched and written by a member of our Cheltenham Friends group. It is a disturbing true story about a young school girl who was murdered in Melbourne, in 1930. She is buried in Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery. Katherine Kovacic is a published author and has written fictional novels, which are fabulous reads, and I am sure this book will be an extraordinary, c...hilling, but compelling read. The Schoolgirl Strangler Katherine Kovacic AUD $32.99 Allen & Unwin This is the shocking true story of a serial killer in 1930s Melbourne. November, 1930. One sunny Saturday afternoon, 12-year-old Mena Griffiths was playing in the park when she was lured away by an unknown man. Hours later, her strangled body was found, mouth gagged and hands crossed over her chest, in an abandoned house. Only months later, another girl was murdered; the similarities between the cases undeniable. Crime in Melbourne had taken a shocking new turn: this was the work of a serial killer, a homicidal maniac. Despite their best efforts, police had no experience dealing with this kind of criminal. What followed was years of bungled investigations, falsely accused men - and the tragic deaths of two more girls - before the murderer was finally caught and brought to justice. With all the pace of a thriller, Katherine Kovacic recounts this extraordinary, chilling true story - of failed police enquiries, a killer with a Jekyll and Hyde personality, and the families shattered when four innocent lives were cruelly taken.

06.01.2022 Funeral cards, also known as memorial cards or mourning cards, became popular during the Victorian era. Rather than inviting people to attend a funeral for the ...deceased, they were given to family and friends in remembrance of the deceased. Cards from that era will normally contain the vital statistics pertaining to the deceased, along with symbols and poems, sometimes a brief obituary and location and time of the funeral. Most of these were printed on card-stock. See more

05.01.2022 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.

04.01.2022 Old Melbourne cemetery 1837 - 1854 Now the Queen Victoria Market car park.

03.01.2022 Thank you to the staff at Aldi Wendouree for thinking of our Cemetery Saturday when faced with an excess flower dilemma.

02.01.2022 This #AnzacDay we’ll come together, in person and in spirit, to commemorate and reflect upon the service and sacrifice made by Australians in all wars and on op...erations. No matter where you are this Anzac Day, post a virtual poppy and message online at lestweforget.gov.au to remember those who have served our nation. #AnzacAtHome #virtualpoppy #AnzacDay2021

01.01.2022 Police are appealing for public assistance after several gravesites were damaged by graffiti at a cemetery on the Mid North Coast. This morning (Friday 24 April... 2020), officers from Manning-Great Lakes Police District were called to a cemetery on The Lakes Way, Tuncurry, following reports of damage to several headstones. Police arrived and located at least a dozen gravesites damaged by white spray paint. Detectives have commenced an investigation into the incident. Police believe the damage occurred sometime between 11am yesterday (Thursday 23 April) and 9am today (Friday 24 April). Police are urging anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the Forster and Tuncurry areas between these times, anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam vision, or who may have any information which could assist investigators to contact Taree Police Station on 6552 0399 or to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.

01.01.2022 The attached video was created by Donna McRae - a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, Burwood. Donna was inspired by a tour she attended at Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery, which was conducted by the fabulous Sue Beazley. Ladies of the Cemetery. The Cheltenham Friends are so pleased to have the magnificent Pioneer Cemetery on display. This video is being projected onto the City of Kingston Town Hall, Nepean Hwy from 6pm - until 30 June 2020. So if you are down that way, pl...ease take a look. Thank you Donna https://youtu.be/HI9uHvb5FNU