many enemies, before dying as the grand old man of the colony on 4 September 1869 in Smith Street, Collingwood at the age of 77. At his government-appointed public funeral over 200 carriages were present, and 15,000 persons were reported to have lined the streets on his burial day, 8 September 1869. He was buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery. He and Eliza did not have any children. Legacy Many sites in Melbourne have been named in honour of John Fawkner including the John Fawkner Private Hospital as well as the suburbs of Fawkner, Pascoe Vale and Fawkner Park and the Fawkner Beacon weather station in Port Phillip. In 1979 a statue of Fawkner, commissioned by Melbourne City Council and produced by sculptor Michael Mezaros, was unveiled on Collins Street, where it stood outside the National Mutual building, alongside a statue to John Batman, for almost 40 years, before being removed to make way for the CBUS Collins Arch development. A replica of the Enterprize, the ship he purchased to form the settlement of Melbourne, was built at the Melbourne Maritime Museum and was launched in 1997 and sails with tourists aboard from various places around Port Phillip Bay. References History of Melbourne External links Enterprize – Melbourne's tall ship John Fawkner Private Hospital 1792 births 1869 deaths Australian people of Cornish descent Businesspeople from Melbourne Victoria (Australia) state politicians Settlers of Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Council English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian newspaper publishers (people) 19th-century Australian politicians Australian newspaper editors Australian diarists Australian ship owners Australian hoteliers Australian booksellers 19th-century diarists Australian book and manuscript collectors Burials at Melbourne General Cemetery Australian bakers