Toowong Cemetery Graves and Headstones by Getuit Graphics Copies of photographs are available by contacting Pamela Berry on Mob: 0418 623 557 or email to [email protected] www.getuitgraphics.com.au ID Toowong 6600 Toowong https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au Cemetery Portion Section Grave 6 021 008A & 009 Photo Photos Notes Not yet 0 Hill Inscriptions (1) Ann HILL daughter of Walter & Jane HILL, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane b. 25 Apr 1850 d. 1 Nov 1871; the above Jane HILL d. 25 June 1888 aged 70; the above Walter HILL d. 4 Feb 1904 aged 83. [Plaque] Walter HILL, the first Director of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, was born in 1820 in Scotsdyke, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. After training at the Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh and Kew, he was appointed Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens on Feb 20 1855. Later he was designated Director and Government Botanist. He retired in 1881 and died at Eight Mile Plains on Feb 4 1904. Australia is indebted to him for introducing the jacaranda and poinciana, but he was also responsible for the distribution of the mango, pawpaw, sugar cane, ginger and arrowroot as well as other plants of economic importance. To commemorate one who made a significant contribution to early Qld. development this plaque was presented by the Qld Council of Garden Clubs and was unveiled in the Toowong Cemetery by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor Alderman Clem Jones on Aug 3 1972. (2) Mary HAMILTON d. 10 Sept 1921 aged 64. Deceased Date Date Interment People buried in this grave ID of Birth of Death Date Deceased Notes Hamilton Mary 12919 1921/09/10 1921/09/12 age 64 years Hill Ann 13238 1850/04/25 1871/11/01 1871/11/03 age 2 years Hill Jane 13076 1888/06/25 1888/06/26 age 70 years Hill Walter 13107 1820 1904/02/04 1904/02/06 age 83 years.