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This tombstone is elaborately carved with symbols of the fireman's profession. At the top is the burning ship at pier. Surrounding the tombstone is carved a fire hydrant and hose, and at the base are ladders and fire axes.  | ERECTED
To the Memory ofCHRISTOPHER GEELATE SUPT NO5 STATION
CARLTON
METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADEWHO WAS
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED ON
BOARD THE BURNING SHIP
"HILARIA"
AT PORT MELBOURNE
9TH JULY 1895,
AGED 40 YEARS.A GOOD HUSBAND, A FOND FATHER, AND A FAITHFUL FRIEND |  |
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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