by Cemetery Staff | Mar 24, 2020 | Stories
Miss Ellen Jane Gourley J.P.O.B.E. Ellen Jane Gourley was born in Shepherds Flat in 1878 to Gilbert & Ann Jane Coute. She was one of seven children, Ellen being the second youngest. It was reported that she was the first women in the Ballarat & district to...
by Cemetery Staff | Mar 24, 2020 | Stories
Miss Matilda Gent. (1866 – 1937) Born at Eganstown to Robert & Matilda Neill in 1866. Matilda was one of ten children with her being the second eldest. Her dedication to her nursing role was acknowledged in 1938 bearing the inscription “Loving Tribute Matron Gent,...
by Cemetery Staff | Mar 10, 2020 | Stories
Mary Barrell was a women who, upon being abandoned by her husband, practiced folk magic, fortune telling and traditional healing methods in the Ballarat Cemetery for the poor women of Ballarat. In doing so she attracted the ire of James Oddie, for receiving funds from...
by Cemetery Staff | Mar 10, 2020 | Stories
Matilda Cutler – Died aged 69 in 1903 When Matilda Cutler was released from a period of incarceration at Ararat Asylum in 1883, she returned to her home and husband in Ballarat with horrific stories of abuse. Beatings, whippings, force feedings resulting in...
by Cemetery Admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Stories
Sarah Bell was born at Scarsdale, Victoria on the 23rd June 1874, the daughter of Robert Bell and Mary nee Allen. She trained as a nurse at the Ballarat District hospital for three years. During WW1 she enlisted at the age of 33 into the 1st Australian General...
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