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In Memory Of
JOHN PRICE ESQR.
(THE FOURTH SON OF THE LATE
SIR ROSE PRICE - BART
OF TRANGWAINTON CORNWALL ENGLAND)

WHO DIED ON THE 27TH. MARCH 1857
FROM THE EFFECTS OF INJURIES INFLICTED
ON HIM BY A GANG OF CONVICTS
AT WILLIAMSTOWN ON THE 26TH. MARCH 1857
WHILE IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY AS

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS
AGED 48 YEARS

ALSO

MARY
HIS WIDOW
DAUGHTER OF
MAJOR FRANKLIN
1ST CAVALRY
WHO DIED 2ND. OCTOBER 1894
AGED 80 YEARS

ALSO EMILY MARY
DAUGHTER OF ABOVE
BORN 5TH. OCTOBER 1844 DIED 27TH JUNE 1922

THIS MONUMENT
WAS CREATED BY THE OFFICERS & WARDERS
OF PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS
IN VICTORIA
AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF ONE
WHO NEITHER SWERVED FROM PATH
NOR FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE CALL
OF FRIENDSHIP

ALSO HIS SON

COLONEL TOM PRICE C. B.

FOUNDER OF THE VICTORIAN
MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT
BORN 21ST. OCTOBER 1842
DIED 3RD. JULY 1911

ALSO

EMMELINE SHADFORTH PRICE
WIDOW OF THE ABOVE
BORN 30TH. JANUARY 1865
DIED 25TH. OCTOBER 1927

IN MEMORY OF
VIVIAN FRANKLIN LYON ROSE PRICE
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. N. LATE R. I. M.
SON OF COLONEL TOM PRICE C. B.


HE DIED AT ALEXANDRIA, 5TH NOVEMBER 1915
OF ILLNESS CONTRACTED WHILE SERVING ON
ANZAC BEACH
AGED 34 YEARS

 

 

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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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