by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
These last days of May and beginning days of June herald an end to our time here at the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery. As was promised by Erin, this end has appeared overwhelmingly and suddenly. Too soon, in fact, for most of us who have spent and will be spending...
by Torah Lee | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Yesterday, May 18th, was the third excursion to the Jewish Cemetery and luckily the weather decided to be relatively pleasant this time around. Although it wasn’t the sunniest, it was warm enough that we were able to comfortably record/ amend the monument sheets we...
by MacKenzie Gibson | May 17, 2017 | Blog
Heritage and Historical Archaeology Overhead map of The Emanu-El Cemetery listed as “Jewish Cemetery” this is where our Anthropology field school will be taking place over the next 3 weeks. (Photo from The Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, accessed May 13, 2017.) I...
by Tulsa Williams | May 14, 2017 | Blog
Walking into Victoria’s Jewish cemetery for the first time anyone can tell that it’s a place that holds countless stories into Victoria’s history. With the cemetery’s official opening dating back to 1860 multiple burials found within its gates were influential members...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
The first day of summer semester approaches rapidly and I am gearing up to head back to the cemetery with a new group of students. I’m revising the syllabus and assignments, updating the CourseSpaces (Moodle) site, and looking through my resources to make sure...
