John Gillies Waite Ellis

John Gillies Waite Ellis was educated at Redan Primary School.

History
John Gillies Waite Ellis was born at sea on 28 September 1865, the son of Peter Ellis and Nancy Robins.

He was educated at Redan Primary School, at Grenville College and later the School of Mines, Ballarat.

He was entered the Methodist church in at Ballarat in 1885, and was ordained as a minister in 1890. He resigned in 1908 and took up a position with the Unitarian Church. He was described as an eloquent preacher and a passionate advocate of temperance, and a skilled horticulturist. He worked for the Education Department for some time as a teacher of agriculture and dairy science.

He was a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge.

He died in Creswick on 14 August 1941, and is buried in the Creswick Cemetery.