Notable Graves and Burials
The cemetery has completed a project which provides a trail around 36 graves of notable or interesting identities.
A full colour free booklet, A Visitor's Guide to the Buninyong Cemetery ... and its notable graves, provides a map of this trail and the names and burial locations.
The booklet is available at the Old Library Information Centre and in holders in each of the two rotundas at the cemetery.
Considerable detail on each of the ‘notable’ graves is included on green signage adjacent to the grave.
The following is a selection of persons included in the notable graves trail.
Crombie, Martha – Pioneer settler, Durham Lead. Note early deaths of three children. Wesleyan 205
Daniel, James M – Killed in fall from horse, 1868. Wesleyan 40
DeSoza, Henry Joseph – Gold ‘king’ of Buninyong. Reserve in Warrenheip St named after him. Episcopalian 823
Graham, Robert – partner in Buninyong Tannery (c 1855) At one time the largest in Southern Hemisphere. Presbyterian 147
Gullan, Elizabeth- First burial in August 1852. Aged two years. Presbyterian 413
Hastie, Rev Thomas – the first Presbyterian Minister and founder of the Buninyong Boarding School (1848). He is buried in the Presbyterian 47
Harvey, Robert – A Surveyor for local government and mining interest. Presbyterian 366
Hedrick Family – Peter was a Buninyong Councillor for 40 years. Known as the “Father” of Buninyong, Episcopalian (Church of England) 258
Higgins, John – Pioneer Businessman, Magistrate, leader in Catholic Church. Catholic 1
Hiscock, Thomas –Blacksmith, Storekeeper. First discoverer of gold, August 1851. Episcopalian 743
Innes, George – “King’of the woodsplitters, for fifty years from 1845. Active in local affairs. Presbyterian 537
McFarlane, Walter & McNee, Peter. Miners, killed in mining accident at Buninyong Gold Mining Co 1854. Presbyterian 78
Moss, Francis – Nurseryman. Donated many plants to cemetery, 1873. Owner of Mossmount (1853-1916), Episcopalian 244
Neville Family – Farmers from Hardies Hill. Catholic 515
Pearse, Geddie – First Principal of Buninyong State School (1973). Wesleyan 49
Power, Richard Dr – First doctor in inland Victoria, 1842. Early burial in cemetery. December 1852, Episcopalian 392
Rennie, Robert – Builder (Primary school, police station, Town Hall). Episcopalian 825
Russell, Garrett Rev – First Anglican Minister, Buninyong, 1857. Episcopalian 408
Seal, Charles – Mining magnate. Episcopalian 261
Thomas, Walter – Killed in mining accident., Scotchman’s Lead, 1858. Wesleyan 76
A full colour free booklet, A Visitor's Guide to the Buninyong Cemetery ... and its notable graves, provides a map of this trail and the names and burial locations.
The booklet is available at the Old Library Information Centre and in holders in each of the two rotundas at the cemetery.
Considerable detail on each of the ‘notable’ graves is included on green signage adjacent to the grave.
The following is a selection of persons included in the notable graves trail.
Crombie, Martha – Pioneer settler, Durham Lead. Note early deaths of three children. Wesleyan 205
Daniel, James M – Killed in fall from horse, 1868. Wesleyan 40
DeSoza, Henry Joseph – Gold ‘king’ of Buninyong. Reserve in Warrenheip St named after him. Episcopalian 823
Graham, Robert – partner in Buninyong Tannery (c 1855) At one time the largest in Southern Hemisphere. Presbyterian 147
Gullan, Elizabeth- First burial in August 1852. Aged two years. Presbyterian 413
Hastie, Rev Thomas – the first Presbyterian Minister and founder of the Buninyong Boarding School (1848). He is buried in the Presbyterian 47
Harvey, Robert – A Surveyor for local government and mining interest. Presbyterian 366
Hedrick Family – Peter was a Buninyong Councillor for 40 years. Known as the “Father” of Buninyong, Episcopalian (Church of England) 258
Higgins, John – Pioneer Businessman, Magistrate, leader in Catholic Church. Catholic 1
Hiscock, Thomas –Blacksmith, Storekeeper. First discoverer of gold, August 1851. Episcopalian 743
Innes, George – “King’of the woodsplitters, for fifty years from 1845. Active in local affairs. Presbyterian 537
McFarlane, Walter & McNee, Peter. Miners, killed in mining accident at Buninyong Gold Mining Co 1854. Presbyterian 78
Moss, Francis – Nurseryman. Donated many plants to cemetery, 1873. Owner of Mossmount (1853-1916), Episcopalian 244
Neville Family – Farmers from Hardies Hill. Catholic 515
Pearse, Geddie – First Principal of Buninyong State School (1973). Wesleyan 49
Power, Richard Dr – First doctor in inland Victoria, 1842. Early burial in cemetery. December 1852, Episcopalian 392
Rennie, Robert – Builder (Primary school, police station, Town Hall). Episcopalian 825
Russell, Garrett Rev – First Anglican Minister, Buninyong, 1857. Episcopalian 408
Seal, Charles – Mining magnate. Episcopalian 261
Thomas, Walter – Killed in mining accident., Scotchman’s Lead, 1858. Wesleyan 76
