Centenarians of Brighton General Cemetery

Across more than 160 years of burials, only 169 individuals reached the remarkable milestone of 100 years or more. These centenarians lived through gold rushes, pandemics, wars, depressions, and the entire transformation of Melbourne from a frontier settlement into a modern city.

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• ADAMI, Valma Ruby (interred 2012-11-22) — aged 100Y 11M
• AHERN, Elizabeth Anastasia (interred 1978-01-26) — aged 103
• AIRD, Suzanne (interred 2018-07-04) — aged 101Y 2M
• ALCOCK nee PARKER, Dorothy Isabel (interred 2017-12-15) — aged 103Y 9M
• BAKER, Marjorie Pearl (interred 2004-07-30) — aged 101
• BARTLEY, Irene May (interred 2016-07-14) — aged 102Y 3M
• BAULCH nee LEEARCHER-WALTERS, Margaret Greta (interred 2009-04-03) — aged 101Y 2M
• BEGGS nee CATO, Florence Maud (interred 1994-12-15) — aged 100
• BENJAMIN nee SMITH, Rebecca (interred 1985-01-07) — aged 101Y 9M
• BERESFORD, Mildred Rattenbury (interred 2001-03-07) — aged 100
• BEST nee FETHERS, Hazel June (interred 2025-05-02) — aged 104Y 9M
• BEULKE, Helen Mary Spence (interred 1999-03-25) — aged 100Y 1M
• BIRRELL, Bertha (interred 1978-03-17) — aged 103
• BLACKIE, Kathleen Agnes (interred 1993-07-19) — aged 103
• BOOTH, Elizabeth Harriet (interred 1943-03-13) — aged 102Y 10M
• BOURKE, Theresa Margaret (interred 1994-06-10) — aged 101
• BOWMAN nee WIDDIS, Ethel (interred 1990-08-22) — aged 100
• BRADLEY, Mary Ann (interred 1944-08-21) — aged 103
• BURGIN, Florence May (interred 1989-07-06) — aged 101
• CARTER, Florence Muriel (interred 1993-05-17) — aged 100Y 9M
• CATTLIN, Elizabeth Vivian (interred 1966-12-20) — aged 100
• CHRISTIE, Janet Louise (Jean) (died 2015-03-28) — aged 102Y 10M
• CHURCH, Gordon Albert Frederick (interred 2009-02-09) — aged 101Y
• CLANCY, Marie Margaret Imelda (interred 1995-02-16) — aged 104
• CLARKE, Marie Josephine (died 1992-08-06) — aged 104
• CLINTON nee HARRIS, Frances Evelyn (interred 1990-05-29) — aged 106
• COFFEY, James (interred 1943-04-09) — aged 100
• COLLINS, Dorothy Jean (interred 2023-01-06) — aged 106Y 5M
• COMINOS, Diamantina (interred 2023-08-04) — aged 101Y 4M
• CRAMOND nee MARRINGTON, Cicely Elizabeth (interred 2013-08-30) — aged 105Y 7M
• CRANE nee HARVEY, Linda Maud (interred 2005-12-19) — aged 101Y 6M
• CREELMAN, Ella Matilda (interred 1960-08-02) — aged 104
• CROOK, George Edward (interred 1975-05-05) — aged 100
• DAY, Marie Elizabeth (interred 2022-04-22) — aged 100Y 7M
• DE LANY, Margaret (interred 1979-07-23) — aged 100Y 6M
• DEA, Ellen Mary (interred 1992-05-12) — aged 104
• DIXON, William Herbert Edward (Bill) (interred 2018-06-06) — aged 100Y
• DOWNING, Amanda Rose Maria (interred 1975-09-03) — aged 100
• DRASKOVIC, Ilinka (interred 2014-07-24) — aged 102Y
• DURSTON, Raymond George (interred 2002-09-02) — aged 102Y 9M
• DYKES, Ann Lumsden (interred 2002-11-14) — aged 101Y 11M
• EDBROOKE, Beatrice (interred 2019-07-14) — aged 100Y 4M
• EDNIE, Violet Alice (died 2010-11-06) — aged 100Y 6M
• EFSTRATIADIS, Elly (interred 2026-01-30) — aged 101Y 4M
• ELSE, Ann Josephine (interred 2017-12-05) — aged 100Y 6M
• EMERSON, Phyllis (interred 2017-07-14) — aged 100Y 11M
• EVANS, Frances (interred 1947-07-19) — aged 100
• EVANS, Rowland Dolphin (interred 2017-07-18) — aged 100Y 2M
• EYVAL, Annie Johnston (interred 1952-09-24) — aged 101
• FAGAN nee TREMAIN, Amelia Maud (Millie) (died 2007-09-20) — aged 101
• FELTS, Eva Bluma (interred 2015-08-26) — aged 100Y 4M
• FETHERS, Cyril Denton (interred 1988-01-29) — aged 100Y 8M
• FETHERS, Edith Mary (interred 1961-12-04) — aged 100
• FLY, Catherine Neilsen (interred 1967-04-19) — aged 100Y 3M
• FREEMAN, Adelaide (interred 1934-07-25) — aged 102
• GAUNSON, Elizabeth Mary (interred 1997-07-14) — aged 102
• GLOVER, Bertie Claude (interred 1971-10-12) — aged 100
• HAMILTON, Elizabeth (interred 1940-05-07) — aged 103
• HARRIS, Phyllis (interred 2017-11-14) — aged 103Y 4M
• HART, Constance Ellen (interred 2025-03-14) — aged 103Y 3M
• HEILY, Kathleen Annie (interred 1984-11-02) — aged 105
• HERBERT, Jack Alexander Reid (interred 2003-04-15) — aged 103Y 1M
• HICKS, Phyllis Heather (interred 2019-08-12) — aged 100Y
• HIGGINS, Albert Keiran (interred 2010-03-04) — aged 100Y 3M
• HILTON, Claire (interred 2017-07-25) — aged 102Y 5M
• HOARE, Hubert John (interred 2000-10-17) — aged 100
• HOMANN nee ROBERTS, Dorothy (interred 2006-01-09) — aged 102Y 5M
• HOWSON, Edith Muriel (interred 1993-02-15) — aged 100Y 3M
• HRYNKOWSKA, Krystyna (interred 2022-04-08) — aged 100Y 8M
• JENKINS, Edith Gwendolyn (interred 2004-01-13) — aged 100Y 6M
• JEWELL, Edith May (interred 2002-06-13) — aged 101Y
• JOHNSTON, Sylvia Marion (interred 2016-07-05) — aged 100Y 3M
• JONES nee SHEAHAN, Marjorie Virginia (died 2006-05-25) — aged 100Y 3M
• KAUFFMANN nee PHILLIPS, Rosalind Phillipa [Linda] (interred 2002-10-10) — aged 103Y 4M
• KELLY, Enid Ray (interred 2003-10-07) — aged 101Y 9M
• KERI, Elizabeth (Bozsike) (died 2009-11-27) — aged 100Y 5M
• KING, Elsie Marion (interred 1985-09-27) — aged 102
• LANE, Lawrence John (interred 1983-11-03) — aged 103
• LANZI nee MARNEWICKE, Catherine Elizabeth (interred 2007-09-25) — aged 103Y 6M
• LARDI, Rev Mother Sebastian [Adela] (interred 1979-10-18) — aged 102
• LEE, Mona (died 2022-01-05) — aged 100Y 5M
• LIDDELL, Gladys Lillian (interred 1987-12-09) — aged 100
• LINDSAY nee JENKINS, Florence Marie (interred 1969-07-29) — aged 101
• LYNCH, Catherine (interred 1934-03-14) — aged 103
• LYRIGES, Evangelia (interred 2007-07-12) — aged 100Y 3M
• MAH, Kim Haw (interred 2013-03-18) — aged 101Y 7M
• MARTIN, Jean Ellen Mary (interred 2000-05-12) — aged 106
• MASTERS, Mildred Isabelle Beatrice (interred 1979-05-31) — aged 106
• MCCARTHY, Margaret Mary (interred 2002-01-03) — aged 101Y
• MCDONALD, Catherine (interred 1948-06-01) — aged 102
• MCDONALD, Florence Agatha (interred 2010-12-22) — aged 100
• MCMATH, Ethel May (interred 1984-10-12) — aged 101
• MCNAMARA, Annie Bertha (interred 1966-10-15) — aged 101
• MCNEIL, Jessie Jane (died 1995-11-03) — aged 101Y 2M
• MCSWEYN nee MCRAE, Margaret (interred 1956-03-16) — aged 103Y 11M
• MEEKS, Annie Mabel (interred 1972-06-21) — aged 100
• MORGAN, May Elizabeth (interred 2007-09-10) — aged 100Y 3M
• MORLEY, Annie (interred 1970-09-17) — aged 104
• MORRISON, Ronald James (interred 1995-01-27) — aged 101
• MOULDER, Edna Josephine (died 2004-03-12) — aged 108Y 2M
• MOYLE, Margaret (interred 2024-06-21) — aged 101Y 1M
• MURTAGH nee PEART, Isabella Emily (interred 2013-05-03) — aged 101Y 3M
• NASH, Jane (interred 1932-10-19) — aged 101Y 4M
• NAVARRO, Charles (interred 2005-12-05) — aged 101Y 7M
• O'DONNELL, Damian (interred 2004-04-14) — aged 104Y 1M
• ORMOND, James Service (interred 1963-08-08) — aged 100
• PALMIER, Elvira Felicia (interred 2008-12-23) — aged 102Y 3M
• PALTOGLOU [PALTOS], Stephen Demetrios (interred 2011-12-01) — aged 100Y 1M
• PANTELIOS, Metaxas (interred 2026-04-07) — aged 100Y 2M
• PARKER, John Morton (interred 2021-11-12) — aged 103Y 3M
• PENNACCHIA, Clorinda Assunta (interred 2019-08-20) — aged 102Y 6M
• PENNY, Ethel Annie Penny (interred 1992-05-18) — aged 101
• PEREIRA, Edgar Francis (interred 1999-05-05) — aged 100Y 6M
• PERROTTET, Charlotte Eliza (interred 1927-10-29) — aged 101
• PHILIPS, Claude William (interred 1997-09-09) — aged 100
• PONTON, Gwendoline May (interred 2018-07-06) — aged 103Y 7M
• PRITCHARD, Jean Emily (interred 2015-06-11) — aged 106Y 4M
• PUGLIESE, Domenica (Adelina) (interred 2008-09-12) — aged 104Y 11M
• PUNSHON, Ethel May (Monte) (interred 1989-04-07) — aged 106Y 4M
• REGAN, Hannah (interred 1922-10-02) — aged 104
• RENNOLDS, Lucy Antoinette (died 2007-08-10) — aged 101Y 2M
• RICARDO nee DART, Catherine Lena (Kit) (died 2012-09-05) — aged 100Y 1M
• RICHARDS, Doris Lydia (interred 2015-12-15) — aged 101Y 3M
• RIDDELL, Angelina (interred 1969-07-29) — aged 103
• ROBARTS, Jessie Ella (interred 2010-08-05) — aged 101Y 4M
• ROBERTS, Margaret Agnes (interred 1991-09-24) — aged 101Y 6M
• ROSS, Elizabeth S (died 2001-07-12) — aged 104Y 11M
• ROWE nee DAVIES, Lillian (interred 2012-12-06) — aged 101Y 9M
• RUSSELL nee EVANS, Margaret May (interred 1989-05-10) — aged 101Y 11M
• SALMON nee TUNBRIDGE, Nancy May (interred 2003-01-15) — aged 104Y 8M
• SAMERS nee DALY, Anna Maria (interred 1963-02-14) — aged 102
• SAUPE, Agneta (interred 1982-08-19) — aged 100Y
• SCANLAN, Anne Frances (died 2005-06-09) — aged 103
• SCOTT, Sylvia (interred 1999-01-06) — aged 100Y 10M
• SELWAY, William George (interred 1994-04-18) — aged 100
• SHOTLANDER formerly ELVISH nee BUCHHOLZ, Mollie Louise (died 2007-05-19) — aged 100Y 2M
• SKALTSIS, Peter (interred 2026-01-16) — aged 112Y 6M
• SLOCOMBE nee FOX, Margaret Mary (interred 1984-04-19) — aged 100
• SMITH, Reginald Septimus (died 2005-03-10) — aged 104Y 1M
• SMITH nee FRENCH, Esther (interred 1977-08-08) — aged 101
• SOLDATOS, Helen (Eleni) (interred 2022-11-11) — aged 100Y 6M
• SPEIGHT nee RICHARDSON, Gladys (interred 2015-05-11) — aged 102Y 3M
• SPRIGG, James Christian Albert (interred 1930-02-10) — aged 100Y 10M
• STEVENS, Margaret Hanson (interred 1963-02-27) — aged 103
• STEWART, Allan Hagan (interred 2018-12-20) — aged 101Y 2M
• STEWART, Mary Ryan (interred 1992-12-22) — aged 103
• STOCK, Gladys Emily Vere (interred 2007-09-21) — aged 100Y 5M
• STONEY, Florence Margaret (interred 2003-07-29) — aged 100Y 5M
• STYLES, John Claude (interred 1992-07-21) — aged 100
• SWEENEY, Mary (interred 2018-08-03) — aged 103Y 3M
• SYMONDS, Theresa Kathleen (died 1985-08-13) — aged 103
• THOMAS nee LANDMANN, Ella Maxine (died 2010-08-01) — aged 100Y 1M
• THORPE, Mary Sophia (interred 1986-06-30) — aged 103
• TIDY, Gladys Marie Josephine (interred 2000-04-13) — aged 101
• TIKTIN nee MUHSAM, Luise (Louise) Paula (died 2010-07-12) — aged 107Y 4M
• TOE nee ADLINGTON, Sophia Jane (interred 1954-08-16) — aged 101
• TOMASELLI, Rosa (interred 1997-02-05) — aged 102
• USHER, Norman Victor Sidney (died 1994-01-11) — aged 100
• WESTBROOK, Harry Fookes (interred 1930-07-07) — aged 103
• WHITNEY, Rebecca Elizabeth (interred 1940-06-20) — aged 100
• WIDDIS, Dorothy Kathleen (interred 2003-09-10) — aged 102Y 5M
• WILLIAMSON, Florence Harriet (died 1998-09-15) — aged 105Y 4M
• WILLIS nee GRANT, Eunice Isobel (interred 2012-08-20) — aged 101Y 11M
• WILMOT, Edna May (died 2015-09-11) — aged 100Y 9M
• WILSON, Ada Grace (interred 1949-03-01) — aged 100
• WILSON, Veronica Maude (interred 2016-10-01) — aged 102Y
• WOOD formerly WHEELER nee SAYER, Arabella Dora (interred 2000-12-15) — aged 101Y 8M
• YOUNES, Joseph (interred 2014-05-13) — aged 100Y 8M
• ZALAFFI nee CATTANI, Lia (interred 1988-05-19) — aged 100Y 1M