TASMANIA

There are some fascinating old cemeteries in Tasmania which deserve a look even if they may not have Irish related graves. One of these is

OLD ROSS CEMETERY.

You can see a list of graves here
http://austcemindex.com/cemetery-inscriptions.php?id=806
but these photos are also well worth sharing.
By kind permission of Jeff O'Keefe... (c) 2012

J D no date, a footstone with the Tree of Life

BARKWITH Anthony

7 Oct 1850 - 22 Aug 1853

3y son of Anthony and Harriet (Hodges)

BLYTH William

8th Jan 1851 27 Jun 1851

5 months and 19 days

son of William and Agnes (MacDonald)

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AVOCA CEMETERY

Tasmania

FITZ-GERALD Henry

Belleville, Co Mayo, Ireland

Died 28th December, 1883

Aged 63 years

(c)Janine Wilson

GILLIGAN James

Born Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland

Died Feb 15, 1847 aged 79 years

Buried near Avoca on his property, Clifton Lodge.

Ex convict

Further info here and here plus others...

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DELORAINE

GANNON Margaret Teresa

Born 7th Sept 1842

Died 30th Oct 1916 aged 73 years

GANNON Dennis Francis

Born Tullamore King's Co, Ireland 22nd Oct 1835

Died 29th June 1917 aged 77 years

©Lisa Bartlett

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LAUNCESTON

Carr Villa Cemetery

©Janine Wilson

BONAR James (Jim)

Died 15 Jan 1980 age 58

Service Date 17 Jan 1980

Born Ballymena, Nth Ireland 8th Jun 1921

Area Mon Location D7 Number 92.00

BONAR Elizabeth Houston (Elsie) nee McIlwaine

Died 6 Oct 2015 age 93

Service Date 13/10/2015

Born Glenwherry, Nth Ireland 11th Mar 1922

Area Mon Location D7 Number 92.00

©Janine Wilson

ELLIS John

Died June 21st 1898 aged 68 years

buried old Catholic Cemetery,

only headstone relocated to Carr Villa

See Biographies

ELLIS Catherine

Died 28 Jun 1908

Area Mon

Location A6

Number 161.00

ELLIS Robert James

Died 26 Feb 1907

Area Mon

Location A6

Number 161.00

©Janine Wilson

GEE Richard

Born in Ireland 29th May 1851

Died 2nd August 1943

See Biographies

©Janine Wilson

JOHNSTONE/KENNEDY

FAMILY GRAVE

©Janine Wilson

JOHNSTONE Allen Thomas

Died 30th Dec 1937 (?) aged 67 years

JOHNSTONE Hilda Theresa

daughter

Died 9th Nov 1901 aged 3 months

JOHNSTONE Matilda Annie

Wife of Allen

Died 12th Nov 1946

©Janine Wilson

JOHNSTONE Kathleen Mary

Born 3rd Jul 1911

Died 1 Jan 1974

JOHNSTONE Leslie Andrew

Born 3 Oct 1901

Died 21 Sep 1975

©Janine Wilson

KENNEDY Mary

Born Co Limerick Ireland 1794

Died April 2nd 1878 aged 84 years

ANDERSON Catherine

Daughter of above

Born Ireland 1835

Died Aug 13 1893 aged 58 years

KENNEDY Andrew

Born 1834 Ireland Son of Mary

Died 31st March 1903

©Janine Wilson

LETTE Peter aka Peter Lemonde

Born 29 Oct 1776 Wexford, Ireland

Died 3rd April at Curramore, White Hills

Buried Church of England Cem., Cypress St, Launceston.

Headstone now in Carr Villa Section D6.
See Biographies Second Page

©Janine Wilson

LYONS George

Born 1842 Dublin, Ireland

Died 23rd March, 1910 aged 67

Funeral 24th March, 1910

Area Mon, Location A, Number 593.00

©Janine Wilson

O’NEILL Gordon

Died 6th May 1944 aged 67

Service date 7th May 1944

Area Mon

Location C5

Number 122.00

©Janine Wilson

RYAN Matthew

Native of Co Tipperary Ireland

Died 12 July 1888 Age 84

Service Date 24 Dec 1948 *

Area Mon

Location A6

Number 162.00

RYAN Martin

Died 1 May 1921 Age 82

Service Date 24 Dec 1948 *

Area Mon

Location A6

Number 162.00

* Both had been buried in old Catholic Cemetery,

but remains and headstone were relocated to Carr Villa in 1948

©Janine Wilson

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HOBART
Cornelian Bay Cemetery

CASH Martin
Born Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland 1808

Died 26th August 1877

Note.. error on gravestone

Aged 67 years

See Biographies
An interesting story of a bushranger

©Janine Wilson

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LONGFORD

Christ Church

WILKINSON Elizabeth nee Fitzgerald

Born Dublin, Ireland in 1760

Arrived 26th Jan 1788

Died 20th Aug 1832

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RECHERCHE BAY

Cockle Creek Cemetery

via Cockle Creek Road, Recherche Bay

A convict cemetery.

(c)Marg Davies

DOHERTY, Thomas

Born c 1825 Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Died 17th March, 1882 at Southport

loving husband of Agnes Ann Braddy resting at Strahan

Father of William, Andrew, Alice & Thomas, Alfred, Agnes, Charles, Augustus, Elizabeth, Catherine, James & Henry

This plaque has been placed by his proud descendants.

(c)Marg Davies

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RICHMOND

St. John's Cemetery

38 St Johns Cir, Richmond TAS 7025

O'MEAGHER Henry Emmet Fitzgerald

infant son of Thomas Francis and Catherine Meagher nee Bennett

Born Feb 1852

Died June 8 1852 Aged 4 months

* NOTE: This is unusual in that the original headstone has been replaced. Also the wording has been changed. "Thomas Francis (Meagher) Irish Exile to Y.D.I." You can read his biography here

St John’s Catholic Church (1837) and burial ground is the oldest Catholic church still in use in Australia. The church has had three spires. The present one was raised in 1972.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf_event/st-johns-catholic-church/