List of burials at Melbourne General Cemetery

This is a list of notable individuals buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.

Melbourne General Cemetery

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List of burials

A

• Douglas Alexandra (1922–2000), architect
• Sir Harry Brookes Allen (1854–1926), pathologist

B

• Mendel Balberyszski (1894–1966), Jewish community leader, historian of the destruction of the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania.
• Sir Redmond Barry (1813–1880), Acting Chief Justice who sentenced Ned Kelly to hang; instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University of Melbourne, and the State Library of Victoria
• Auguste de Bavay (1856–1944), Belgian-born brewer and industrial chemist
• James Beaney (1828–1891), surgeon
• Rivett Bland (1811–1894), colonial administrator and gold miner
• Hugh Brophy (1829–1919), Fenian
• Sir Anthony Brownless (1817–1897), physician, Chancellor of Melbourne University
• Robert O'Hara Burke (1821–1861) explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)
• William Burnley (1813-1860), politician, early Melbourne pioneer for whom Burnley was named

C

• Hughie Cairns (1888-1929), jockey, first jockey to win the W.S. Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup in the same year
• Arthur Calwell (1896–1973), Politician, Leader of the Federal Opposition
• Comte Lionel de Moreton de Chabrillan (1818–1858), first French Consul
• William Champ (1808–1892), Premier of Tasmania
• Janet Clarke (1851–1909), benefactor
• Marcus Clarke (1846–1881), novelist & poet, author of For the Term of His Natural Life
• Sir William Clarke (1831–1897), landowner and philanthropist
• James Coates (1901–1947), confidence trickster, racketeer, underworld figure
• Kelvin Coe (1946–1992), ballet dancer
• Mario Condello (1952–2006), solicitor, underworld figure
• Tom Corrigan (1851–1894), champion Irish jockey, died in a fall at Caulfield
• George Coulthard (1856–1883), sportsman, pioneer of cricket and Australian football

D

• Derrimut (c1810-1864), Boonwurrung leader in early days of Melbourne
• Louise Dyer (1884–1962), music publisher

E

• William Henry Ellerker (1837–1891), architect
• George Elmslie (1861–1918), first Labor Premier of Victoria

F

• John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869), one of the founders of Melbourne
• Frederick Federici (1850–1888), opera singer, who created the title role in The Mikado in New York in 1885
• Edmund Finn (1819–1898), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "Garryowen"
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian
• 'Tracker' Forbes (1865-1922), Australian footballer
• James Goodall Francis (1819–1884), Premier of Victoria
• John Freeman, (1822–1900), attempted assassin of Queen Victoria in 1840 under his former name Edward Oxford
• Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015), 22nd Prime Minister of Australia

G

• Jack Galbally (1910–1990), solicitor, politician
• James Galloway (1828–1860), trade unionist, leader of the Eight Hours' Movement
• S.T. Gill (1818–1880), artist
• Duncan Gillies (1834–1903), Premier of Victoria
• Samuel Gillott (1838–1913), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
• Sir John Gorton (1911–2002), 19th Prime Minister of Australia
• Thomas Grady VC DSM (To más Ó Grádaigh) (1835–1891), Irish Victoria Cross recipient in the Crimean War
• Edward Grayndler (1867–1943), AWU General-Secretary, politician
• Augustus Greeves (1806–1874), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
• Thomas Griffiths (1865–1947), General & Colonial Administrator
• Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961), writer, author of We of the Never Never

H

• Eliza Hall (1847–1916), benefactor, founder of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• Greg Ham (1953–2012), musician
• William Hammersley (1826–1886), cricketer, writer, codifier of Australian Rules Football
• Patrick Hannan (1840–1925), discoverer of gold at Kalgoorlie
• Frank Hare (1830–1892), police officer in charge of the Kelly Gang hunt
• Richard Heales (1822–1864), Premier of Victoria
• John Hennings (1835–1898), artist and theatre impresario
• Hermann Herlitz (1834–1920), Lutheran pastor and pioneer
• Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), surveyor, designer of Melbourne
• Henry Hopwood (1813–1869), convict, pioneer, founder of Echuca (Tomb only; body actually buried in Echuca)
• Tom Horan (1854–1916), Test cricketer, wrote on cricket under the nom-de-plume "Felix"
• Anthony Hordern (1788–1869), founder of the department store dynasty
• Sir Charles Hotham (1806–1855), Governor of Victoria

I

• Sir Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948), the first Australian-born Governor General
• John Iliffe (1846–1914), Dentistry pioneer

K

• Araluen Kendall (1869–1870), infant daughter of Henry Kendall, commemorated in the poem "Araluen"
• Sir James Kennedy (1882–1954), sportsman and politician
• John King (1838–1872), explorer, sole survivor of Burke and Wills expedition
• Lowe Kong Meng (1830/31-1888), Chinese Australian businessman

L

• Peter Lalor (1827–1889), leader of the Eureka Stockade
• Walter Lindrum (1898–1960), billiards champion, has a distinctive tombstone in the shape of a billiard table

M

• John Macadam (1827–1865), scientist and politician, for whom the Macadamia nut was named
• Sir John Henry MacFarland (1851–1935), educator, Chancellor of the University
• Sir John Madden (1844–1918), Chief Justice
• Emily Lydia Mather (1865–1891), victim of Frederick Bailey Deeming
• John Reid McGowan ("Gentleman Jack") (1872–1912), boxing champion
• Evander McIver (1834–1902), architect
• Dame Pattie Menzies (1899–1995), Spouse of Sir Robert Menzies
• Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978), 12th Prime Minister of Australia
• Billy Midwinter (1851–1890), Test cricketer for both England and Australia
• Sir Norman Mighell (1894–1955), Anzac and Diplomat
• Robert Clark Morgan (1798 – 1864), Captain of the ship that brought the first settlers to South Australia.
• Sam Morris (1855–1931), Test cricketer

N

• William Nicholson (1816–1865), Premier of Victoria, Mayor, advocate of secret ballot
• Robert Nickle (1786–1855), Army commander

O

• Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), restaurateur, chef and food writer
• Cornelius O'Mahony (1840–1879), Gaelic scholar and Fenian
• Sir John O'Shanassy (1818–1883), Premier of Victoria

P

• Roy Park (1892–1947), Test cricketer, footballer (Melbourne), soldier, doctor
• John Parnell, (1860–1931), soldier & administrator
• Sir James Patterson (1833–1895), Premier of Victoria
• John Giles Price (1808–1857), Magistrate, murdered by convicts at Williamstown

R

• William Ramsay (1868–1914), developer and founder of Kiwi Boot Polish
• Richard Read (the Younger) (c.1796-1862), colonial artist
• Moses Rintel (1823–1880), pioneering Rabbi
• Robert Russell (1808–1900), architect, pioneer

S

• Carty Salmon (1860–1917), politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives
• William Sams (1792–1871), colonial administrator, key figure in the founding of Melbourne
• Jack Saunders (1876–1927), Test cricketer
• James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia
• Sarah Scullin, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
• Clara Seekamp (1819–1908), actress, teacher, writer, first female editor of an Australian newspaper
• James Service (1823–1899), Premier of Victoria
• Hattie Shepparde (1846 – 1874), actress and opera singer - buried with her mother and infant daughter
• John Singleton (1808–1891), physician, philanthropist, evangelical Christian, social reformer; founder of the Royal Children's Hospital and Melbourne City Mission
• John Thomas Smith (1816–1879), publican, Victorian colonial politician, seven times Lord Mayor of Melbourne, for whom Smith St. was named
• Brettena Smyth (1840–1898), feminist, suffragette, freethinker, family planning advocate
• Sir Arthur Snowden (1829–1918), politician, lawyer, mayor
• Captain Frederick Standish (1824-1883), Police Commissioner, diarist
• Thomas Welton Stanford (1832–1918), businessman, brother of Stanford University founder Leland Stanford
• Peter Steele (1939–2012), poet
• James Stephens (1821–1889), stonemason, Chartist and Eight Hours' campaigner
• Joseph Sternberg, (1852–1898), politician
• Alfred Stirling (1902–1981), diplomat
• Davie Strath (1849–1879), golfer
• Selina Sutherland (1839–1909), health and child welfare worker

T

• Julian Thomas (1843–1896), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "The Vagabond"
• Sir John Thurston (1836–1897), Fijian colonial administrator
• Thomas Topping (1828–1895), stonemason, Eight Hours' campaign pioneer
• Elizabeth Tripp (1809–1899), educational pioneer
• Gerard Tucker (1885–1974), founder of the Brotherhood of St Laurence

V

• Julie Vieusseux (1820–1878), educator and artist

W

• Sir Henry Weedon (1859–1921), Lord Mayor and parliamentarian
• Clarence Whistler (1856–1885), wrestler
• William John Wills (1834–1861), explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)
• Edward Wilson (1813–1878), journalist
• Ray Wilson (1910–1938), jockey
• John Wroe (1782-1863), religious visionary, founder of the Christian Israelites
• Samuel Wynn (1891–1982), restaurateur, wine merchant

Y

• Florence Young (1870–1920), actress & singer

Z

• Traugott Zwar (1876–1947), soldier, writer, surgeon