Cemeteries all over oz

glassies · Guru

Cemeteries all over oz

Phlipper · Senior Member

I guess every town has a cemetery nearby...who wants to lug a decomposing dead body further than necessary. Cemeteries are interesting, but I ind them depressing, especially the childrens plots

KevinJ · Senior Member

They are normally the dead centre of the town.

StreetsAhead · Veteran Member

There is an organisation here in WA that is aiming to preserve the unique history of the Outback and recognise those who went before.

There may be similar groups in other states.

www.outbackgraves.org/

Sarco Harris · Senior Member

Around this area in Central Vic, there are several cemetery sites through the forest areas where in the hey day of gold mining (mostly late 1890s) were quite thriving communities. One site I know of has over 400 graves but is literally lost in the bush, though there is an unmarked track to it. There has been in relatively recent times activities aimed at finding existing relatives for the deceased and notifying them of the names and locations of their ancestors. Some have remarked/rededicated the graves which I personally see as a good thing.

Noel from perth · Member

My wife and I visited Mt Magnet WA in 2019 and went to Lennonville Cemetery. It was just an open flat gravel area with minimal marked sites. There is a plaque at the gate listing the deceased. It was a sad and poignant moment for us .. so many children with deaths between 1900 to 1909.

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Phlipper · Senior Member

Noel from perth wrote:
My wife and I visited Mt Magnet WA in 2019 and went to Lennonville Cemetery. It was just an open flat gravel area with minimal marked sites. There is a plaque at the gate listing the deceased. It was a sad and poignant moment for us .. so many children with deaths between 1900 to 1909.

-- Edited by Noel from perth on Thursday 2nd of June 2022 12:18:24 AM

-- Edited by Noel from perth on Thursday 2nd of June 2022 12:19:27 AM

Yes, tough days, must of been terrible to see children die regularly from ailments that these days we can cure....very sad.

Craig1 · Guru

Here in Albury we are busy putting 7 foot fences around our to keep ou the vandals

Phlipper · Senior Member

Craig1 wrote:
Here in Albury we are busy putting 7 foot fences around our to keep ou the vandals

Same problem in many areas, total, asshols

Dick0 · Guru

KevinJ wrote:
They are normally the dead centre of the town.

And many are dying to get there, and if they miss it, they consider it a grave error.

Ivan 01 · Guru

The Eyre Peninsula in SA has a myriad of tiny cemetery plots scattered throughout old farming communities in many districts.

They represent many families who worked tirelessly to settle and farm those areas. Many only eeked out a living and moved on or died.

There is a lot of history in many of those small graveyard plots.

Farmhat · Senior Member

Recently revisited Margaret Jardine' lonely Grave near Lake Hindmarsh.

Also the area of Albacutya Run where she died, and Maryvale homestead where she previously worked and met her husband.

www.greynomadsaustralia.com.au/index.php/blog/2-welcome-mat/6854-a-lonely-grave-by-lake-hindmarsh

A fascinating story of hardship.

Cheers, Joe.

Hendo · Guru

Irvinebank Qld