Hi all This is question mostly for David with his back ground on cemeteries maybe able to help. Mornington cemetery also known as Moorooduc is one and the same for those of you who didn't know. My question is what time frame was it opened,for the first burial as Moorooduc ?,I have death cert for 1880 Moorooduc cemetery Also when was the name changed to the Mornington cemetery. A bit of confusion for some people researching families between the two cemetery names, I have someone telling me his research goes back to one of his family members was the first person buried at the cemetery in 1880,I have monument records with burials before 1880. Any information would be great, so I can let this person know. Thanks Julie

Good Afternoon Julie; Interesting, my notes have it as possibly having three names over its life- Mornington, Mount Martha and Moorooduc. The dates I have is that first piece of data in the old cemetery files dates from 1859 although I also have a date of 1855 in the file. Julie I don't have the burial records for it but I note from our GSV files on MIs and Burial Index, the first burial was in 1858. I need to check this out next time I am in at the GSV. The first headstone was dated 4 January 1861. Again need to check this out at the GSV. We have two files on it - MIs and Burial Index. The first Gazette Notice in the Victorian Government Gazette - August 1857, Page 1604, for the cemetery noted the Trustees appointed for the land set apart at Moorooduc, in the county of Mornington, as a General Cemetery, under the provisions of the Act 17, Victoria No.12. So it was in place before 1854 when 17-Vic-12 Act came into being approving all those cemeteries in operation before the date of the Act. 17 Victoria 12 was gazetted on 31 March 1854, being assented to by the Governor In Council on 23 March 1854. So Julie there was no official individual gazettal date for the cemetery. It was gazetted as part of a number of cemeteries already in operation at the time - Yan Yean, Warringal (Heidelberg) etc. I have no idea when the name changed to Mornington. Many early cemeteries were initially named after the Parish and then took on the town name at a later date. I hope this helps. Cheers, David -----Original Message----- From: australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julie N Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2010 4:07 PM To: australia-cemeteries-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] Moorooduc Cemetery Vic Hi all This is question mostly for David with his back ground on cemeteries maybe able to help. Mornington cemetery also known as Moorooduc is one and the same for those of you who didn't know. My question is what time frame was it opened,for the first burial as Moorooduc ?,I have death cert for 1880 Moorooduc cemetery Also when was the name changed to the Mornington cemetery. A bit of confusion for some people researching families between the two cemetery names, I have someone telling me his research goes back to one of his family members was the first person buried at the cemetery in 1880,I have monument records with burials before 1880. Any information would be great, so I can let this person know. Thanks Julie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message