by Cemetery Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Stories
Bertha Ham was born on the 18th February 1905 at the family home in Ainley Street, Ballarat East. She attended Brown Hill and Dean State School after which her education continued at Ballarat High. After twelve months at Ballarat High and at the age of fifteen she...
by Cemetery Admin | Jul 7, 2021 | News
Bridget Margaret Byrne emigrated with her parents from Ireland some time in the early 1850s. She married William Irwin in 1856. She was present in Ballarat at Eureka in 1854 tending to the sick and wounded. After the events of Eureka Bridget and William produced...
by Cemetery Admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Stories
Joan Heywood Murray was born on the 18th March 1930 in Elsterwick. The eldest of four girls, Joan attended Ormond State School, Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School and Melbourne University receiving a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education. In later...
by Cemetery Admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Stories
Faith, Charity and Hope that was Eileen Mary O’Meara. Born Eileen Mary O’Donohue at Leigh Creek on the 13th August 1939, Eileen passed away peacefully at St. John of God Hospital Ballarat on the 29th August 2019. Eileen was an institution within the Parish of...
by Cemetery Admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Stories
There are few people around Ballarat who would not have seen Jenny Burke’s floral artistry over the past 30 years. Born Jennifer Anne Turley on the 3rd December 1954, the popular florist passed away suddenly on April 1 2021, aged 66, after suffering a brain...
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