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AEAET MAY 7TH 1880 - OBIT DECEMBER 1ST 1906
A PERFECT AND AN UPRIGHT MAN TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN LOVING MEMORY OF BERT HOOF LATE VALUED AND ESTEEMED OFFICER OF DALGETY & COY
VICE CAPTAIN OF MERCANTILE R. CLUB ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN RIVER YARRA THIS STONE IS ERECTED
AS TOKEN OF UNDYING AFFECTION
BY HIS AUNT FLORENCE PICKERING ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANN RELICT OF JAMES HOOF OBIT 1891
DARLING GRANDMA |
The tombstone contains an elaborate carving of a man standing in a small sailing boat. Unusually for Melbourne Cemetery, it has been carved overseas and contains the inscription A. CALVESSA
GENOVA (ITALIA)
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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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