Outback Graves Project

Try the web site
www.outbackgraves.org. It has the contact details

Very worthwhile objective.

cheers

What a fantastic thing to do. Wish them all the best.

Hi Val

A great project for sure. There was a story on the ABC News about it tonight and lets hope it gets a lot more people involved. We came across a number of graves during our trip recently, with nothing but a wooden cross in a very sad state if disrepair.


Cheers


Stephen

I wish they would do a QLD one too. We have a grave on Kilcowera, unmarked and totally unknown. We were told by the previous owners that it was a child's grave. We also have Murderer's Bore but the history of that is documented. There is another grave north of us on the Dowling Track too. Cheers Toni

Just saw this on Australia Wide on ABC this morning. For those in WA/SA/NT, tune in at 10:30 if you get a chance.

We used to volunteer our time to fix up various graves along the coast and islands up north when doing lighthouse maintenance runs.
A very rewarding and humbling experience.

Came across a known grave in the Flinders Ranges not far from Brachina Gorge on the way back to our camp from Blinman. It is well marked and is of a 2 year old girl who died from fever on a cattle drive. Can't remember the date but think in was early 1900s.

There was a group of Memorial Stonemasons from Sydney who were doinggrave restorations in there free time , most were retired or very close to it . This was about 20 odd years ago when they were doing this on holidays , camping round different outback towns . Not sure if the group is still active but I know one of them taught stone masonry at Horsley Park Tafe for budding apprentices . Horsley Park is in the outer south western suburbs of Sydney , maybe a phone call to them may give more info .

Tom J.

Very interesting book "Where The Dead Men Lie" by Bruce Simpson and Ian Tinney. They started documenting old western Qld graves for the Year of the Outback in 2002...Bulloo, Thargomindah, Windorah, Boulia, Barcaldine areas... I always take it with me while travelling through these areas to appreciate what it was like for the original settlers.
Robyn :)