Ann Musgrove asked about the existence of headstones at Pioneer Park, the old Point Frederick Cemetery at Gosford: Unfortunately many headstones were stolen or damaged over the decades (vandals aren't a modern phenomenon!). As a matter of fact, when we came to live in Gosford at the end of 1958, we lived in a house in Albany Street, very close to the cemetery. I can remember the late night weekend parties that went on in the overgrown cemetery at times, and I am sure that headstones occasionally disappeared - certainly many were cracked and otherwise damaged. On this subject, a notice in "The Gosford Times" issue of 3 Feb 1921 (for instance) noted that graves had been desecrated at Point Frederick and a reward was offered for information. No wonder that relatively few headstones survive today. Prior to Pioneer Park being started, the cemetery was very overgrown, though periodic attempts were made to tidy it. In a few instances, a large tree could be seen growing on a burial site with the grave's ornamental cast iron fence still surrounding the trunk. Headstones still in existence were temporarily removed, then rearranged in groups during the work carried out by Gosford Shire Council and Gosford Rotary and Apex Clubs. The Park opened in 1977 after 10 years of discussion, planning and endeavour. It is a most popular place with visitors. You can walk to the end of the elevated Point where a few steps down will take you to the water's edge for a marvellous panoramic view of Brisbane Water. Along the sides of the Park are wonderful water views through the many old trees, mainly ironbarks, that dot the whole area. Point Frederick (once also referred to as Longnose Point) is a long finger of land pointing into the Broadwater at the south end of the Gosford town centre. The names of "497 persons buried between 1840 and 1953" (commemorative booklet) are inscribed on metal plaques on the memorial designed by local artist and sculptor Alton Mort. This is in the form of a tree trunk, symboli sing the early timber industry which brought so many people to the area. Gwen