Deaths in the 1890s

John Hay

1816–1892 (age 76)

Waverley Cemetery

John Soame Richardson

1836–1896 (age 60)

Waverley Cemetery

Major General John Soame Richardson, (16 March 1836 – 9 June 1896) was a British Army officer and Commander of the Fo...

Nehemiah Bartley

1830–1894 (age 64)

Waverley Cemetery

Nemehiah Bartley (10 May 1830 – 10 July 1894) was an Australian merchant primarily active in the Colony of Queensland.

Robert Lethbridge King

1823–1897 (age 74)

Waverley Cemetery

Robert Lethbridge King was an artist who worked during the nineteenth century.

Edward Miller Gard Eddy

1851–1897 (age 46)

Waverley Cemetery

Edward Miller Gard Eddy (24 July 1851 – 21 June 1897) was Chief Commissioner of Railways in colonial New South Wales 1...

William Henry Paling

1825–1895 (age 70)

Waverley Cemetery

William Henry Paling was a composer who contributed to Australian musical culture in the nineteenth century.

William Nutting Tuttle

1845–1895 (age 50)

Waverley Cemetery

William Ellerker

1837–1891 (age 54)

Melbourne General Cemetery

William Henry Ellerker (1837–1891) was an noted architect practicing mainly in Melbourne, Australia in the 1870s and 8...

Fanny Cook

1829–1897 (age 68)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Jane Cutts

1836–1891 (age 55)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Jane Cutts was a resident of Melbourne during the nineteenth century.

Charles William Langtree

1846–1899 (age 53)

Melbourne General Cemetery

John William Meaden

1840–1899 (age 59)

Melbourne General Cemetery

John William Meaden was a writer who worked during the nineteenth century.

John Griffin Hornblower

1816–1895 (age 79)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Louisa Anne Meredith

1812–1895 (age 83)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Louisa Anne Meredith (20 July 1812 – 21 October 1895), also known as Louisa Anne Twamley, was an Anglo-Australian writ...

James Service

1823–1899 (age 76)

Melbourne General Cemetery

James Service (27 November 1823 – 12 April 1899), an Australian colonial politician, was the 12th premier of Victoria,...

William Champ

1808–1892 (age 84)

Melbourne General Cemetery

William Thomas Napier Champ (15 April 1808 – 25 August 1892) was a soldier and politician who served as the first Prem...

Joseph Reed

1823–1890 (age 67)

Boroondara General Cemetery

Joseph Reed (1823 – 29 April 1890) was an English-born architect in Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian era.

Charles Webb

1821–1898 (age 77)

Brighton Cemetery

Charles Webb (born 26 November 1821, Sudbury, Suffolk, England – 23 January 1898) was an architect working in Victoria...

James Campbell

1845–1893 (age 48)

Brighton Cemetery

James Campbell (1845 – 16 September 1893) was a politician in colonial Australia, member of the Victorian Legislative ...

Henry Parkes

1815–1896 (age 81)

Faulconbridge

Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and the longest-serving non-cons...

James Patterson

1833–1895 (age 62)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Sir James Brown Patterson (18 November 1833 – 30 October 1895), was an Australian politician who served as premier of...

Michael Magner

1840–1897 (age 57)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Michael Magner VC (21 June 1840 – 6 February 1897) was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of...

Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet

1831–1897 (age 66)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Sir William John Clarke, 1st Baronet (31 March 1831 – 15 May 1897), was an Australian businessman and philanthropist ...

Thomas Grady

1831–1891 (age 60)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Thomas Grady VC DCM (Irish: Tomás Ó Grádaigh; 18 September 1835 – 18 May 1891) was born in Claddagh, County Galway ...

Leopold Fabius de Salis

1816–1898 (age 82)

Cuppacumbalong Homestead

Leopold Fabius Dietegen Fane de Salis, (26 April 1816 – 20 November 1898) was a Tuscan-born Australian pastoralist and...

Brettena Smyth

1840–1898 (age 58)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Bridgetena "Brettena" Smyth (née Riordan; 1845 – 15 February 1898) was an Australian women's rights activist.

Dinny McKay

1867–1897 (age 30)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Denis "Dinny" McKay (23 November 1867 – 17 August 1897) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbo...

John Hancock

1846–1899 (age 53)

Melbourne General Cemetery

John Hancock (1846 – 22 November 1899) was an Australian politician.

Tom Corrigan

1851–1894 (age 43)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Thomas Corrigan (1851 or May 1854 – 14 August 1894), invariably known as "Tom" or "Tommy", was an Australian steeplech...

Joe O'Grady

1872–1899 (age 27)

Melbourne General Cemetery

Patrick Joseph O'Grady (15 September 1872 – 28 May 1899) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda i...

Anthony O'Grady Lefroy

1816–1897 (age 81)

East Perth Cemeteries

Anthony O'Grady Lefroy (14 March 1816 – 21 January 1897), often known as O'Grady Lefroy, was an important government...

Henry Hutton Parry

1826–1893 (age 67)

East Perth Cemeteries

Henry Hutton Parry (18 December 1826 – 15 November 1893) was a bishop of the Church of England.

John Charles Horsey James

1841–1899 (age 58)

East Perth Cemeteries

John Charles Horsey James (30 January 1841 in Rome, Papal States – 3 February 1899 in Perth, Western Australia) was a ...

Richard Roach Jewell

1810–1891 (age 81)

East Perth Cemeteries

Richard Roach Jewell (1810–1891) was an architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth, Wester...

Thomas Cockburn-Campbell

1845–1892 (age 47)

East Perth Cemeteries

Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English-born journalist and polit...

John Monger

1831–1892 (age 61)

East Perth Cemeteries

John Henry Monger Jr (25 January 1831 – 23 December 1892) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council f...

Enoch Barratt

1812–1895 (age 83)

East Perth Cemeteries

Enoch Pearson Barratt, and sometimes Barrett, (1812 – 14 December 1895) was an Australian nursery proprietor who estab...

George Lazenby

1807–1895 (age 88)

East Perth Cemeteries

George Lazenby (October 1807 – June 9, 1895) was an early settler of Western Australia, known for his cabinetmaking bu...

Samuel Dening Glyde

1842–1898 (age 56)

East Perth Cemeteries

Samuel Dening Glyde (18 August 1842 – 27 January 1898) was a politician in the colony of South Australia.

William Lawrence, Senior

1822–1898 (age 76)

East Perth Cemeteries

William Lawrence, Senior was a shipbuilder who played an important role in East Perth's maritime industry.

Edward Lane Courthope

1825–1897 (age 72)

East Perth Cemeteries

Godfrey Charles Knight

1844–1890 (age 46)

East Perth Cemeteries

Godfrey Charles Knight was a civil servant who contributed to colonial administration.

Sophia Jane Trimmer

1839–1890 (age 51)

East Perth Cemeteries

Peter Paul Gillen

1858–1896 (age 38)

Sevenhill

Peter Paul Gillen (7 July 1858 – 22 September 1896) was a storekeeper and politician and an activist for Aboriginal ri...

Matthew Mellor

1839–1899 (age 60)

Gympie Cemetery

Mathew Mellor (1839 – 17 February 1899) was a politician in Queensland, Australia.

Eliza Brown

d. 1896

Guildford Cemetery

Eliza Brown (1811 – 24 April 1896) was an early settler in colonial Western Australia whose letters to her father reco...

Albert John Hockings

1826–1890 (age 64)

South Brisbane Cemetery

Albert John Hockings (21 February 1826 – 11 November 1890) was a politician in Queensland, before the Federation of Au...

William Theophilus Blakeney

1832–1898 (age 66)

South Brisbane Cemetery

William Theophilus Blakeney was a politician who served in colonial government.

William Brookes

1825–1898 (age 73)

South Brisbane Cemetery

William Brookes (14 October 1825 – 16 July 1898) was a member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queen...

Abraham Luya

1837–1899 (age 62)

South Brisbane Cemetery

Abraham Fleetwood Luya (1837 – 6 July 1899) was a businessman and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.