Hi List Our Listowner has allowed me to forward this mail that appeared on the Aus-Cem list a couple of days ago. Although it specifically points to SA there is talk of it becoming nationwide. Annette Piper Coolah NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Carroll" <yarragon@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:02 AM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] URGENT - Cemetery Tenures > Hi All, > This email is important and we need to act now as the following may > effect all Australian Cemeteries if we let this happen.... we only have > just over a week to stop all our ancestors graves from being removed > > I have just watched with dismay the feature on A Curent Affair in > regards to the removal of War Graves in Centennial Park in South > Australia. > > Although the feature is on War Graves, the 50 year tenure is on ALL > memorial graves within the cemetery and 25 year tenure on ashes. > > Generally in SA if a licence has expired and not been extended the > remains (usually bones and other artefacts such as rings, the name plate > from the coffin) are respectfully removed and placed in an ossuary > (bone) box. The grave is then deepened and the box re-interred at the > bottom of the grave. The monument is removed and the grave is available > for issue of a new licence. > > We have to the end of this month to send submissions, opposing this > ludicrus decision. > > I am calling on all GENEALOGIST, FAMILY HISTORIANS, RESEARCHERS AND > ANYONE ELSE to prepare a letter of objection and to send it to me at > P.O.Box 87 > Yarragon 3823 > > If possible could you send two copies - All those recieved will be sent > via registed mail to the Prime Minister and the other copy to the the > Chairman of the committee in the SA Parliment who will be taking > submissions. (I am awaiting the official title of the Chairmans name > from ACA) > > HELP SAVE THE MEMORY AND MEMORIALS OF ALL OUR ANCESTORS > > Don't just think about it, every letter will assist and for the sake of > 50c for a stamp, if we unite we can stop this. > > ***************************************** > Dianne. J. Carroll > Regional Historian of the Australian Alps > Email: high-country-heritage@i.am > P.O.Box 87, Yarragon, Victoria, 3823 Australia > Winner - Victorian Community Heritage Awards 2002 > Best Community Research/Register/Records > Websites: > High Country Heritage > http://www.high-country-heritage.i.am/ > Pioneer Portraits of Australian's > http://www.angelfire.com/my/pioneer > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > More information can be found on our Web Page for Cemetery Listings > by state and addresses for Cemeteries also. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >