Gange Burial Ground/Monument

The Old Bellarine Cemetery is of local Historic significance. Consisting of only one headstone, it commemorates the settling of the Gange family close to the vicinity of the Cemetery. John Thomas Mitchell Gange was granted this parcel of land in the mid 1860's by the Drysdale family of "Coryule" for whom he had worked as Foreman for some years. The Headstone commemorates his passing in 1868, his wife's passing in 1882 and the tragic loss of their children between 1848 and 1855.

The headstone is also a fine example of monument masonry of the era.

Geelong Regional Commission Register

Details of the Bellarine Cemetery are recorded in the files of the Lands and Survey Department held at the Public Records Office at Laverton, the relevant issues of the Victorian Government Gazette, which record details of proclamations of cemetery reserves, trusteeship, etc., and in the records of individual cemetery trustee minute books and registers.

Group

Cemeteries and Burial Sites

Category

Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground