Pass this on, could be important to someone Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> 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 ½ 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 > > >