I've been enjoying a sojourn in Narrabri with Mr GeniAus. On our weekends we have explored neighbouring towns and historic sites.
As a genie I love to detour past the local cemetery in any towns we visit. When we pulled up in Lightning Ridge we were surprised to see that so many of the plots had simple white wooden grave markers which appeared to be made by the same hand. On closer inspection we noticed that these simple crosses were all the same and the details on them appeared to be inscribed in the same hand. These inscriptions give names and birth and death dates of the deceased.
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| Graves with unknown occupants also have markers |
I was unable to discover who was responsible for this local project, which is a great example of genearosity. Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
Jill, if you can find this episode of ABC Back Roads - Season 4, Episode 10 (Lightning Ridge) you might find your answer. There are a group of locals who look after the funerals in the area & presumably also the cemetery. Angels on earth.
ReplyDeleteThanks Janelle, I will definitely look that up.
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