A-53.001-C; Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; View of front exterior of the church. The manse is visible on the left. To the right of the church is a horse and carriage. A man stands below the stairs in front of the entrance. Another stands behind him, in the doorway.
The church at 1702-1708 Sydney Road, Campbellfield was built in 1855, from bluestone quarried from the side of the present Fawkner cemetery. The style is pre-Reformation with narrow windows.
It stands on land donated by Neill Campbell, of the Campbellfield Estate, the original grantee. The architect is thought to be Charles Laing, who was commissioned by the church committee in 1850 to prepare plans. In the beginning is served a primarily Scottish-born congregation. The burial ground in the churchyard was established in 1844. The second Minister was Reverend Peter Gunn, father-in-law of Aeneas Gunn. His grave and that of some of his family members are in the burial ground.
[Ref: A Study of Scot's Church, Campbellfield, and the Manor House, David Morgan., Victorian Heritage Database Report]
Victorian Heritage Register H0127
One of a group of six photographs mounted on card. Four photographs are of the exterior of the church, one is of the exterior of the manse and one shows Rev. Peter Gunn standing at the entrance to the church.
See A-53.002-C to A-53.006.
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A-53.002-C; Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; View of the rear exterior of church bordered by row of recently planted trees. To the right of the church is the manse.
The church, at 1702-1708 Sydney Road, Campbellfield, was built in 1855, from bluestone quarried from the side of the present Fawkner cemetery. The style is pre-Reformation with narrow windows.
It stands on land donated by Neill Campbell, of the Campbellfield Estate, the original grantee. The architect is thought to be Charles Laing, who was commissioned by the church committee in 1850 to prepare plans. In the beginning is served a primarily Scottish-born congregation. The burial ground in the churchyard was established in 1844. The second Minister was Reverend Peter Gunn, father-in-law of Aeneas Gunn. His grave and that of some of his family members are in the burial ground.
[Ref: A Study of Scot's Church, Campbellfield, and the Manor House, David Morgan., Victorian Heritage Database Report]
Victorian Heritage Register H0127
One of a group of six photographs mounted on card. Four photographs are of the exterior of the church, one is of the exterior of the manse and one shows Rev. Peter Gunn standing at the entrance to the church.
See A-53.002-C to A-53.006.
This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria; c. 1925; Photograph; Images collection; Donated by Mrs Aeneas Gunn, March-June 1930![Photography Photography](/wp-content/plugins/ehive-search/images/catalogue_photography.png)
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A-53.003-C; Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; View of side of the church building. The castellated tower entrance and narrow windows are visible.
The church at 1702-1708 Sydney Road, Campbellfield, was built in 1855, from bluestone quarried from the side of the present Fawkner cemetery. The style is pre-Reformation with narrow windows.
It stands on land donated by Neill Campbell, of the Campbellfield Estate, the original grantee. The architect is thought to be Charles Laing, who was commissioned by the church committee in 1850 to prepare plans. In the beginning is served a primarily Scottish-born congregation. The burial ground in the churchyard was established in 1844. The second Minister was Reverend Peter Gunn, father-in-law of Aeneas Gunn. His grave and that of some of his family members are in the burial ground.
[Ref: A Study of Scot's Church, Campbellfield, and the Manor House, David Morgan., Victorian Heritage Database Report]
Victorian Heritage Register H0127
One of a group of six photographs mounted on card. Four photographs are of the exterior of the church, one is of the exterior of the manse and one shows Rev. Peter Gunn standing at the entrance to the church.
See A-53.002-C to A-53.006.
This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria
; 1850-1864; Photograph; Images collection; Donated by Mrs Aeneas Gunn, March-June 1930![Photography Photography](/wp-content/plugins/ehive-search/images/catalogue_photography.png)
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A-53.005-C; Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; View of the side of the church building on 1702 Sydney Road, Campbellfield and entrance.
The church was built in 1855, from bluestone quarried from the side of the present Fawkner cemetery. The style is pre-Reformation with narrow windows.
It stands on land donated by Neill Campbell, of the Campbellfield Estate, the original grantee. The architect is thought to be Charles Laing, who was commissioned by the church committee in 1850 to prepare plans. In the beginning is served a primarily Scottish-born congregation. The burial ground in the churchyard was established in 1844. The second Minister was Reverend Peter Gunn, father-in-law of Aeneas Gunn. His grave and that of some of his family members are in the burial ground.
[Ref: A Study of Scot's Church, Campbellfield, and the Manor House, David Morgan., Victorian Heritage Database Report]
Victorian Heritage Register H0127
One of a group of six photographs mounted on card. Four photographs are of the exterior of the church, one is of the exterior of the manse and one shows Rev. Peter Gunn standing at the entrance to the church.
See A-53.001-C to A-53.006.
This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria; c. 1925; Photograph; Images collection; Donated by Mrs Aeneas Gunn, March-June 1930![Photography Photography](/wp-content/plugins/ehive-search/images/catalogue_photography.png)
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P-10-Mc; Dr Robert Talbot, 19th September 1896.; Studio portrait of Dr Talbot, wearing his uniform and medals.
Talbot was a Surgeon-Major with the title of MD (Doctor of Medicine) and ChB (Bachelor of Surgery), and Health Officer at Brunswick for 38 years, until his retirement in 1896.
Talbot was the son of Robert Talbot and Anna Hayes and reputedly Irish born (Brighton Cemetery Register). His wife Martha Fergie survived him until October 1907 when she passed away, aged 76 years, at "Tonedale", Bay St, Brighton.
Talbot's obituary (The Argus) stated that he was a colonist of Victoria for almost nearly 50 years, and was involved in the formation of the Northern Rifles, where he was a surgeon. He resided in Brighton, and died at his residence "Hazlemere", New St, Brighton on the 18th May 1898 at 82, and is buried in the Brighton cemetery [not Melbourne General Cemetery as one obituary states].
Robert John DeCourcy Talbot (1855-1933), a solicitor and assistant censor was a son who married Mary Wilhelmina Glass, a daughter of Hugh Glass.
It is likely one of the medals on his chest is the Imperial Government's long-service medal, commemorating his service with the Northern Rifles.
No photographer noted on mountboard or rear.
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GS-BCS-21; The Wondermap of Melbourne; an aerial perspective drawing of Melbourne, from Royal Park to Glenferrie (in north) and Port Melbourne to Elsternwick (in south), 1934; Gunn's Slides (Firm); A reproduction of a aerial perspective pictorial map showing the City of Melbourne and its surrounding suburbs, which was created to celebrate Melbourne's centenary in 1934. It is detailed and colourful with cartoonish elements. The original Wondermap was 30 x 40 inches (76 x 102 cm) in size, and was drawn by John Power Studios.
The detail includes houses, shops and factories, hospitals and monuments including the Shrine of Remembrance, and the Zoological Gardens complete with animals. Each suburb and some main city streets are labelled above an arch picked out in red. Boats, trains, trams and cars feature. "No Parking" signs pop up out of the Melbourne City grid. People, many with speech bubbles, populate the beach, streets, and open spaces. On the lower left of the map, there is a figure pointing off to the west saying, "We could could not fit Melbourne's big industrial suburbs in."
The beach and streets are coloured yellow, some trees are red, the open spaces are green, and the river, sea and Albert Lake are dark blue. The map is edged in green gum leaves and red gum nuts. There are small square coloured drawings of Aboriginals engaged in various activities, three along each edge; and Capt. Lonsdale's Cottage, middle top, and the First Police Station, middle bottom edge. To make the slide, these images have been truncated.
A decorative compass is in the top right corner, and there are three scrolls displaying various information. The smallest and plainest scroll, in the bottom right, gives the name, John Power Studios, and address of the maker of The Wondermap of Melbourne. The largest scroll, coloured yellow, in the bottom left corner, invites viewers to look at Melbourne City "from a dizzy height".
The Centenary Year scroll, in the top middle, features an open book and a Father Time drawing above the date, 1934. The page on the left of the book displays some information about Melbourne, and the right hand page is left blank for autographs.
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.
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GS-TM-40; John Stewart Spotswood : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; A photograph of two side-by-side tombstones marking the remains of John Stewart Spotswood and two daughters.
The smaller stone with a triangular top, on the left, was placed there in 1844 to commemorate the death of Eliza Spotswood, who died in her second year. When her father John died in 1851, a larger stone, with a semicircular top with concave shoulders, was added to the grave site. When another daughter Elizabeth died in 1860, Eliza and Elizabeth's inscriptions were added to their father's tombstone. Selby tells us that this is a "neatly railed grave", but the rail cannot be seen in the photograph. (The ornate rail can be seen in AL046-0090)
The inscription reads: (234 in Selby's grave index, p. 387, OPMHoM)
Stone on left:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZA SPOTSWOOD
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
JULY 28th 1844
AGED 1 YEAR
9 MONTHS 23 DAYS
Stone on right:
SACRED (Gothic script)
To The Memory of
JOHN STEWART SPOTSWOOD
who departed this life
at Williams Town
on the 5th November 1851
Aged 42 years
Happy soul thy days are ended
All thy mourning days below
Go by angel guards attended
To the sight of Jesus go!
Weep not for me but be content
I was not yours but only lent
My end you know my grave you see
Prepare yourselves to follow me
ALSO ELIZA SPOTSWOOD
Born Dec 5th 1842
Died July 28th 1844
ELIZABETH SPOTSWOOD
Died March 26 1860
Aged 15 Years & 3 Months
Selby tells us that Spotswood was an early settler of Williamstown, who owned a ferry which crossed the Saltwater River. Spotswood widow dies in 1891, aged 83.
John Stewart was born in India, son of Captain John Spotswood (1785-1859). When his father retired from the army Captain Spotswood relocated his family to Tasmania. In January 1841 John Stewart purchased Lot 1, 1 rood 36 perches, of land at Williams Town, also that year he married Anna Victoria Normandale. In 1842 he was granted an auctioneer's license in Williams Town. He purchased 119 acres (Lot 12) in the County of Bourke in August 1847, the area now known as Spotswood.
(Trove and Spotswood College Alumni Trust website)
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 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 #64.
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GS-TM-25; James & Mary Graham and William & Rebecca Rucker : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of two monuments. In the foreground is the large square tomb over the remains of James Graham, "the merchant politician", and his wife Mary Alleyne Graham and four children. Behind this tomb, top left of the image, can be seen the inscription on the side of the chest tomb of William Frederick Augustus Rucker. More gravestones can be seen in the background as well as the cemetery fence and buildings, on the other side of a road, hidden by street trees.
The Graham monument is described by Selby as "Hip ledger granite stone on a bluestone base". There is an elegant two-bar metal rail mounted on the edge of the granite step. The texts are inscribed in white on two sloping sides of a low monument on the top. The details of James and Mary can be clearly seen in the photograph. The details of their children must be inscribed on the slope facing away from the camera, and we have to rely on Selby for their names.
The inscriptions read: (215 in Selby's grave index p. 385 OPMHoM)
Sacred to the Memory Of (gothic script)
JAMES GRAHAM
Late of "Elibank", South Yarra.
Born 5th Febry 1819. Died 31st July 1898.
And Of His Wife
MARY ALLEYNE
Born 27th Augst 1828. Died 7th Augst 1886.
(children - Anna Maria Ievers, James Moore, Anna Maria, and Edith)
Selby directs us to the announcement of James Graham's death which appeared in The Argus on August 1st, 1898, under the heading "Nearly Sixty Years a Colonist." We also learn he left five sons and four daughters, but there is no mention of his late wife who bore him thirteen children. A full account of his life can be found in The Australian Dictionary of Biography. Selby devotes a paragraph to Graham. (p. 132, OPMHoM)
The Rucker chest tomb with a moulded top is described by Selby as a "marble sarcophagus... white tomb with letters in gold."
The inscriptions read: (214 in Selby's grave index p. 385 OPMHoM)
WILLIAM FREDERICK AUGUSTUS RUCKER
Died 2nd March, 1882.
"Inasmuch as ye have done unto one of the least of those,
My brethren, ye have done it unto me."
REBECCA RUCKER
Died 8th May, 1850.
"Blessed are the pure in heart"
William Frederick Augustus Rucker, he usually used his full name, died at Darling Street, South Yarra. According to Selby, William Rucker opened the first bank in Melbourne, "a branch of the Derwent Bank from Van Dieman's Land... also father of... our oversea shipping trade." (p. 128, OPMHoM)
The Derwent Bank branch later merged with the Union Bank and Rucker became a director. After building a very expensive mansion on an elevated block, now called Rucker's Hill in Northcote, Rucker went bankrupt and the Union Bank took over his estate. (Trove webpage)
This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 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.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.; Photograph; Images collection![Photography Photography](/wp-content/plugins/ehive-search/images/catalogue_photography.png)
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