Hi Dave, I was looking in a Genealogy magazine at the library some weeks ago and in a section titled something like the Births, Deaths and Marriages section there was an article where an Ann Fullerton and a team of volunteers were putting together cemetery records from information given on the Victorian death certificates. Apparently they had finished up to the 1920's and were proceeding along with it. I'm going from memory on this but it may be worth a ring. Yours, Garry Batt. ----- Original Message ----- From: D. Weatherill To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:49 PM Subject: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] WERRIBEE (OLD) CEMETERY Hi Folks; With my cemetery research I have turned up records on a number of old cemeteries that were gazetted and in many cases not used. There were quite a few of these including Dereel, Yielma, Willenabrina. One of these early cemeteries was "Old Werribee Cemetery" that noted that there were burials in it before it closed. I am hoping some list member might be able to assist with further data. I do have a map showing the location of the cemetery. WERRIBEE (OLD) CEMETERY: An Order in Council approving the establishment of cemetery in the Parish of Cut-paw-paw on the Kororoit Creek Road was gazetted in the Government Gazette of 26 June, 1885, page 1848. The size of the cemetery was one acre, one rood and thirty-three perches. Very few records remain regarding the early stages of the cemetery but there is reference to indicate that the there were at least three graves, marked by headstones, close to the railway boundary on 27 January, 1927 when the District Surveyor lodged his report on the state of the cemetery. On 25 May, 1956 the Shire Secretary, Shire of Werribee wrote to the Secretary, General Health department, Melbourne noting the following: * that the council had no objection to the land being revoked and made available for commercial use, and * there was no record available as to when the bodies in the three graves were removed, but it was noted that the bodies were removed some 15 years before and reinterred in Williamstown Cemetery. Just who was buried in the three graves was not known. The Governor in Council signed an order to discontinue burials in the Old Werribee Cemetery on 5 March, 1957 and the order was gazetted in the Government Gazette on 13 March, 1957, page 902. Further research is required to ascertain the early history of this cemetery and just who were buried in it. Were there more than three graves in the cemetery? The information notes that there were three graves with headstones, nothing in regards to other burials with no visible markers or headstones. If anyone has any information on the burials in this old cemetery, I would greatly appreciate hearing from them. Cheers, David David Weatherill Bundoora Victoria Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Garry; Thank you for your reply to my request. I know about this research project as I was part of it when I was president of the Genealogical Society of Victoria. Unfortunately there is still no indication as to when the information will be made available to the public. They are still working on the database. It was hoped that the records would have been made available on CD a few years ago, at least up to 1920. Still I will try to contact Ann to see if she can help but it may be hard to get any identification if there were a number of burials simply listed as Werribee. Cheers, David At 04:24 AM 4/05/2008, you wrote: >Hi Dave, >I was looking in a Genealogy magazine at the library some weeks ago >and in a section titled something like the Births, Deaths and >Marriages section there was an article where an Ann Fullerton and a >team of volunteers were putting together cemetery records from >information given on the Victorian death certificates. >Apparently they had finished up to the 1920's and were proceeding >along with it. >I'm going from memory on this but it may be worth a ring. >Yours, >Garry Batt. David Weatherill Bundoora Victoria Australia