The Reverend Kellaway served 29 years as the vicar of All Saints Church of England, Northcote. (The foundation stone of the church – situated on the south-eastern corner of High and Walker Streets – were laid in January 1859 by the Governor Sir Henry Barkly. The church held services from August 1860).
Born in Dorset in September, 1856, Kellaway came to Australia at the age of seven. He took the degree of Master of Arts at Melbourne University, completing the course in 1886, by which time he had already been ordained as a deacon (1885) and a minister (1886). For some time, he was curate at St. James’ Cathedral, editor of the Victorian “Churchman” newspaper and at various times secretary to and chairman of the Church Missionary Association.
He became vicar of All Saints’ in 1901. During the Great War, he not only had many unhappy moments relaying news of a loved one’s death to a local family, but also lost his second son, Francis (Military Cross) who succumbed to wounds in Belgium in October 1917.
Kellaway’s eldest son, Charles was a well-known doctor who served as a Major in the A.I.F. and later established a highly successful practice in Toorak. There were two daughters Kathleen and Gwen (the latter a missionary in India with the Anglican Church Missionary Association. She was later noted as still in India at the time of her father’s death.
The Reverend Kellaway died on 21 November, 1930 and was interred in Burwood cemetery, his wife Annie pre-deceasing him in 1924.
