> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Ross"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 2:42 PM
> Subject: [AVNE] Yackandandah Cemetery
>
>
>> Firstly, my thanks to Peter Lakeman for allowing this message to be put
>> to
> the List.
>>
>> For those with an interest in the above, the following notice (or
> something like it) will shortly be published in local papers in the NE
> Victoria.
>>
>> Should you be concerned at the Trust's proposed actions, or should you
> wish to assist in any way with repairs, or make a financial contribution
> to
> this work on your family's behalf, please contact me without delay.
>>
>> This work must, and will, be done. I'm sure we all would agree with
>> that.
> Not all the comments will make sense, but you'll get the general idea!
> Please let me assure everyone that no headstone will be removed, and all
> care will be exercised as you would expect.
>>
>> Some of these names are part of the history of the North East.
>>
>> This is the notice...
>>
>> The following graves at the above cemetery are in a very poor state and
> some are in a dangerous state. Families associated with any of these
> graves
> are invited to contact the Cemetery Trustees, within one month of this
> notice date, with any plans to restore or maintain these graves. In the
> event that the Trustees are not contacted, then the Trust retains the
> right
> to proceed with strategies which will render the grave sites safe.
>>
>>
>> Please note that the Trustees are not in a position to restore the
>> graves.
> Work done will involve removing or reducing hazards, while still
> maintaining
> the integrity of the burial site. The work will be done with respect.
>>
>>
>>
>> Row Grave Name Damage
>>
>> Roman Catholic
>>
>> 2 33 Blanche Beatty Broken up at foot.
>>
>> 2 4 Catherine Mary Irons Broken up.
>>
>> 4 14 - 16 Thomas Cullen Broken up - fill & stabilise mem'l.
>>
>> 7 30 Quirk Fallen H/stone (no. 86 image)
>>
>> 7 32 Crawford ditto
>>
>> 7 [not located] No name? [Cast iron railing broken??]
>>
>> 10 30 Catherine Johnston ditto?
>>
>> 10 25 Robert Roche Fill hole.
>>
>> 10 22 John Cure Heavily fallen in on outside & front.
>>
>> 12 11 Michael Meehan Top stone breaking up - lift?
>>
>> 13 29 Patrick & Julia Garvey Top concrete breaking up.
>>
>> 14 2 John Henry Marble breaking up?
>>
>> 14 31 Hugh Grieve Fence needs repair. Fix H/S to fence.
>>
>> 15 14 Alice Clune Concrete breaking up.
>>
>> 21 2 Not identifiable Boundary broken away, Also overgrown.
>>
>> Anglican
>>
>> 2 2 John, Lucy Ann Moore Railing needs repair
>>
>> 3 8 Christian F. Bachaus Top needs repair (H/S OK?)
>>
>> 4 19 Charlotte & Sydney Britton Concrete needs repair.
>>
>> 6 27 Mary & Louis Stephens ditto
>>
>> 6 31 John, Alice, Robert Sealey ditto
>>
>> 6 36 Anne & David Robinson ditto
>>
>> 7 21 Arch & George Kinchington ditto
>>
>> 8 9 No name [James & Florence Sandegren] ditto
>>
>> 8 38 John & Jane Bartle Railing needs repair.
>>
>> 9 35 Honiara & Henry Richardson Cracked marble.
>>
>> 11 3 Mary Crosthwaite Fence needs repair.
>>
>> 11 10 No name [ Constance M. Pulling] Repair fence [Rose bush]
>>
>> 12 25 Annie & John Larkin Concrete needs repair [? Looks OK]
>>
>> 14 14 William John Casson Headstone needs repair.
>>
>> 14 19 Neils Madsen Cracked marble top.
>>
>> 14 22 Emma Wright Headstone needs repair.
>>
>> 16 18 Josiah G. Dickey ditto
>>
>> 18 9 Frank Lambert Marble slab needs repair [?- not bad]
>>
>> 21 1 Name unreadable [Sydney Johnson] H/S needs repair [straighten]
>>
>> 22 21 Hans Damm Headstone sunken [Top needs fill only]
>>
>> Methodist
>>
>> 3 4 Not identifiable! Concrete on top breaking up.
>>
>> 9 5 John Hattersley Iron fence broken. Grave front broken away
>>
>> 9 11 James Goldsworthy Concrete block at front fallen out.
>>
>> 11 4 Rev. John Donnes Iron fence broken. Front stone fallen out.
>>
>> 11 17 Annie Maddock Top disintegrating.
>>
>> 12 3 Samuel George Outside concrete breaking up.
>>
>> 13 2 Joseph Pleming Stone blocks supporting rail fence moving
>>
>> 14 20 Walter Paull Top collapsing.
>>
>> 16 13 Thomas George Gard Iron fence broken.
>>
>> Presbyterian
>>
>> 2 2 Elizabeth Lindsay Repair
>>
>> 2 11 Annie Magill Wallace ditto
>>
>> 2 18 James Pollock Rebuild Headstone etc
>>
>> 3 14-16 McLean Concrete disinegrating.
>>
>> 4 8 Dr R. A. Meek Fill & top.
>>
>> 4 11 Elizth Henry Remove glass
>>
>> 4 18 Henry Wm. Molyneux Front stone beam needs support.
>>
>> 5 6 Wm J McKillop Concrete breaking.
>>
>> 5 18 Violet Cleland Fill.
>>
>> 6 5 Margaret Grant Subsiding - URGENT fill.
>>
>> 6 7 Florence Emily Ashworth Stone foot falling out.
>>
>> 8 9 John Black Repair iron rail. Fill.
>>
>> 8 15 Rebecca Cunningham Fill.
>>
>> 8 16 Robert Henry Fill.
>>
>> 9 7 Eliza Hays Repair stone & fill.
>>
>> 9 8 Alexr Perry Fill.
>>
>> 9 18 Rasmus Peter Jensen Re-assemble fallen H/stone on top.
>>
>> 10 6 Emily Barns Restore stone fence & iron rail - fill.
>>
>> 10 7 Selina Bidgood DANGEROUS! Fully dismantle, replace h/s as is.
>>
>> 10 9 Julia Bidgood Replace h/s - repair concrete & fill.
>>
>> 11 7 James Steele Repair top near h/s.
>>
>> 11 9 Alexr. Whyte Fill.
>>
>> 11 10 Mary A Dickson DANGEROUS! H/S fallen (crane), replace slate top
>>
>> 11 16 Wm Dickson Repair iron rail.
>>
>> 12 1 Chas Wm Barber Repair concrete.
>>
>> 12 9 (fence only) Robt Martin Level & fill.
>>
>> 16 3 Mary Ann Suffern Needs 20 bricks at foot & sides.
>>
>> 16 12 Elizth. Dickson More fill required.
>>
>> 17 15 Douglas Haig Concrete top broken.
>>
>> 19 7 James Priestley Half h/s fallen (crane req'd). Remove u/s slate
> top.
>>
>> 21 3 Samuel Evans Lift h/s fallen - fill & re-place h/s.
>>
>> 23 13 (fence only) Agnes Shaw 10 bricks to retain stones.
>>
>> Your comments, queries, positive advice, and assistance would be most
> welcome! Please contact the undersigned in the first instance.
>>
>> Peter Ross
>>
>>
>>
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