PR L-0005.1; Pioneer Register: LAIDLAW, William; Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: William
Birth Year: 1830
Birth Place: Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Victorian Residence: Inglewood, Ballarat, Powlett Plains, Westbury, Moe
Family Name: LAIDLAW (nee Dickson)
Given Name: Helen Meikle
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: Alexandrina
Birth Year: 1872 Ballarat
Victorian Residence: Ballarat
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: Mary
Birth Year: 1874
Birth Place: Powlett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: Isabella
Birth Place: 1875
Birth Place: Powlett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: Agnes
Birth Year: 1877
Birth Place: Powlett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: John
Birth Year: 1879
Birth Place: Powlett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: Margaret
Birth Year: 1882
Birth Place: Powelett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Family Name: LAIDLAW
Given Name: James Maxwell
Birth Year: 1887
Birth Place: Powelett Plains, Vic.
Victorian Residence: Powelett Plains
Further information about W Laidlaw and daughter Alexandrina on the back of the form
2 photographs of William Laidlaw (1830 – 1876) and Helen Meikle (Dickson) ( 1843 – 1896)
Held in Royal Historical Society of Victoria :
Ed. Rogers, J.G. For King and Country: the 1914 – 18 War Diaries of J.M. Laidlaw 923.5 LAI
Includes a chapter on daughter Alexandrina (Ina) Laidlaw
Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified to primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.
RHSV Staff & Volunteers click here for AtoM; Form; Manuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register
GS-TM-51; Old Melbourne Cemetery : John Batman's memorial inscription, c. 1920; Photograph of the inscription on the memorial erected in Old Melbourne Cemetery over the remains of John Batman, one of the first white settlers of Melbourne.
The bluestone obelisk, raised on a three step base, is fenced by a simple low plinth and rail. It was designed by John W Brown, a stonemason with premises in Carlton, and his name can be seen at the bottom of the slide on the left of the memorial.
The inscription, carved on the steps of the base, states:
JOHN BATMAN
Born at Parramatta N.S.W. 1800
Died at Melbourne 6th May 1859
He entered Port Phillip Heads
29th May 1835
As leader of an expedition which
he had organized in Launceston V.D.L.
To form a settlement and founded one
On the site of Melbourne then unoccupied
This monument was
Erected
By public subscription in
---- Victoria ----
1881
Circumspice
Selby was instrumental in trying to save Old Melbourne Cemetery and its pioneer residents. He also resurrected Batman's memory and organised annual pilgrimages to his graveside for 35 years.
((This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) in the 1920s as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project.))
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Selby numbered this slide #21.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.; Photograph; Images collection