by Cemetery Staff | Jun 28, 2017 | Stories
MULHALL: (1851 – 1923) Barbara Mulhall, one of thirteen children, was born in Dublin in 1851. At the age of 12 she attended Loreto’s Gorey Convent school (where M. Gonzaga Barry was Mistress of Novices and then Superior). She became a nun in 1868, receiving her...
by Cemetery Staff | Jun 15, 2017 | Stories
Louisa Benson, religious Sister and educationist, known as Mother Mary Hilda, was born on 12th May 1845 at York, England, daughter of Christopher Benson and his wife Mary nee Stein. In 1865 she graduated with distinction from Notre Dame Training College, Liverpool...
by Cemetery Staff | Jun 12, 2017 | Stories
The home of elegance and beauty, Stone’s clothing store was also home to Jessica Stone, fashion queen of Ballarat. Stone’s was a high end clothing store for women and it was here the young Jessica Stone, Bernard and Hannah’s daughter started working...
by Cemetery Administration | Jun 9, 2017 | Stories
Thompson, Matilda Louise (1871–1959) A Woman of Many Firsts Matilda ‘Tilly’ Louise Thompson, businesswoman and philanthropist, was born on 28 April 1871 at Ballarat, Victoria. Described as a woman of ‘boundless and terrifying energy’, she joined well known...
by Cemetery Administration | Jun 9, 2017 | Stories
Annie Maynard Westcott 1875 – 8th May 1951 Married name Smith Ballarat and WWI nurse Annie Maynard Westcott was born in 1875 at Leigh Creek, with the birth being registered at Warrenheip, to parents Frederick Westcott and Rachel Abrams/Abrahams. A well known...
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