Cyril P. Callister the University of Melbourne in 1931, with his submission largely based on his work in developing Vegemite. He was a prominent member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, helping it to get a Royal Charter in 1931. Callister died in 1949, following a heart attack and is buried at Box Hill Cemetery. A biography of Callister, "The Man Who Invented Vegemite", written by his grandson Jamie Callister, was published in 2012. Callister is the great uncle to Kent Callister, a professional snowboarder who has competed at the Winter Olympics for Australia. Cyril P. Callister Cyril Percy Callister (16 February 1893
Australian rules football in Victoria "spiritual home" of the game, and hosts the sport's largest event, the AFL Grand Final, yearly. Tom Wills began to devise Australian rules in Melbourne in 1858. (Although H.C.A. Harrison, Wills' cousin, was also named, much later, as an official "father of the game" his role does not, now, seem to have been significant at this very early stage.) A letter by Wills was published in "Bell's Life in Victoria & Sporting Chronicle" on 10 July 1858, calling for a "foot-ball club" with a "code of laws" to keep cricketers fit during winter. A match, played at the Richmond Paddock