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

Re: temporary nature of purchased burial plots. Shifting the goal posts or what! Leave our ancestors alone. We purchase plots, memorials et al at such exorbitant prices and are then asked by a cemetery board down the track "what do you want to do with a relatives head stone?" "I'll claim it and put it with the other marble statues that I've managed to recover in my backyard. I imagine most Australian back gardens will all contain headstones of their pioneer settlers eventually, why shouldn't the Prime Ministers back yard look any different? Politicians should be given the privilege of receiving their relatives headstones and memorials free of obligation, delivered to their front door. Linking both government and opposition persons to outdated memoriam would be gladly taken on by the many historical and genealogical societies throughout the land, free of charge. These policy makers are surely deserving of the privilege. As for our future dead, if there isn't enough room in our existing cemeteries, alter the method of disposal, as in other space deprived cities. We can alter our future, leave our past alone. Gerarde Walter Patman and Joyce Louise Staines

Di, If you do up the letter the way you want it done John & I will definitely sign it for you. John & Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Carroll" <yarragon@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:02 PM 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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 30/12/02