NOTABLE GRAVES AND BURIALS
The small booklet Buninyong Cemetery: A Guide to the Cemetery including History and Plan (1996) written by Derick Leather and Anne Beggs-Sunter includes reference to some interesting graves in the Buninyong cemetery.
These include the graves of:
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 section, Grave 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. Dec. 1852,Episcopalian, 392
Rennie, Robert – Builder (Primary school, police station, Town Hall). Episcopalian, 825
Russell, Garrett Rev – First Anglican Minister, Buninyong, 1857. Episcopalian, 406
Seal, Charles – Mining magnate. Episcopalian, 261
Thomas, Walter – Killed in mining accident., Scotchman’s Lead, 1858. Wesleyan, 76
The small booklet Buninyong Cemetery: A Guide to the Cemetery including History and Plan (1996) written by Derick Leather and Anne Beggs-Sunter includes reference to some interesting graves in the Buninyong cemetery.
These include the graves of:
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 section, Grave 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. Dec. 1852,Episcopalian, 392
Rennie, Robert – Builder (Primary school, police station, Town Hall). Episcopalian, 825
Russell, Garrett Rev – First Anglican Minister, Buninyong, 1857. Episcopalian, 406
Seal, Charles – Mining magnate. Episcopalian, 261
Thomas, Walter – Killed in mining accident., Scotchman’s Lead, 1858. Wesleyan, 76
Notable Grave Sites: By Denomination
