www.monumentaustralia.org.au

Pioneer MemorialPrint Page Print this page

12-December-2016
12-December-2016

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown

A series of plaques, in the Tyabb Public Cemetery, recognises the pioneer residents of Hastings and was a Bicentennial Project, to commemorate the bicentenary of the European settlement of Australia in 1988. 

 

Location

Address:Cemetery Road, Tyabb Public Cemetery, Hastings, 3915
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.302663
Long: 145.212818
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
View Google Map

Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

This is the site of the first recorded burial at the Tyabb Public Cemetery
6th May 1866
Alexander Mackay (1810 - 1866)
installed by :
Shire of Hastings
S.O.H. Historical Society
S.O.H. Bicentennial Committee
an Australian Bicentennial Project

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

In memory of James Hall who was appointed in 1865 as one of the four foundation trustees of this cemetery.
Born : London 1821  died :  Hastings 1894
Installed by :
Shire of Hastings
S.O.H. Historical Society
S.O.H. Bicentennial Committee
An Australian Bicentennial Project

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

Mary Anne King
Wife of Jasper
1848 - 1936  At rest
An Australian Bicentennial Project to commemorate the nations`s Bicentenary in 1988.

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

Jasper King
1852 - 1935  
A pioneer at  restAn Australian Bicentennial Project to commemorate the nations`s Bicentenary in 1988.

Left Side Inscription

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

In memory of John Watson J.P., Member of Mt. Eliza District Road Board
Born : Londonderry (Ireland) 1821
Settled : Tyabb and Somerville 1857
Died : Hastings 1884
Erected by : Shire of Hastings
S.O.H. Historical Society
S.O.H. Bicentennial Committee
An Australian Bicentennial Project

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

Pioneer
William Unthank  1808 - 1895
Father of fourteen ; three sons, one grandson and two great grandsons have served Local Government in the Hastings area.
Erected by : Shire of Hastings
S.O.H. Historical Society
S.O.H. Bicentennial Committee
An Australian Bicentennial Project

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988
To recognise the contribution of pioneers David and Mary Reid, and their descendants in the early development of Hastings, and its fishing industry

An Australian Bicentennial Project

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au