There is no need to enter the cemetery but here is some history anyway
The Brighton General Cemetery is located at the intersection of North and Hawthorn Roads in Caulfield South and is one of Melbourne’s oldest and most significant burials grounds.
Twenty-nine acres were reserved in 1853 and in December 1854 the first Trustees were appointed. The first recorded burial took place on 14th October 1855 (Johanna Manson, 10 months old in the Methodist Section) and over 66,000 interments have taken place since.
Established as a General Cemetery, provision was made for the various denominations, Presbyterian, Methodist (Wesleyan), Baptist, Church of England, Independent, Roman Catholic and Other Denominations. The Jewish area was added later. The non-denominational Lawn Cemetery was established in 1958.
The “Lodge” residence was built in 1892 and the office was added in 1928. The high brick wall that surrounds the cemetery is one mile long, and the internal brick roads and footpaths originally measured 70 miles.
Until 1902, the Brighton General Cemetery was the largest of its kind in south-east Melbourne. During the golden era of the 1920’s the cemetery averaged 1,350 burials each year.
Brighton General Cemetery is a Victorian garden cemetery of heritage significance and renowned through Australia for the many notable military figures, artists and for the many pioneers that shaped the early days of the surrounding areas. Some of these notable people include:
* Sir Thomas Bent premier of Victoria
* Arthur Merricks Boyd renowned artist
* John Hare Furphy well known blacksmith and merchant
* Adam Lindsay Gordon Poet
* Fredrick McCubbin artist
* Sqizzy Taylor salubrious gangster
You are looking for a small round container with log only so BYO pen