Castlemaine Cemetery
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Burial recovery begins
More than three decades after a police investigation confirmed the unthinkable, a quiet but determined effort is under way to restore dignity to those displaced at Castlemaine Cemetery. The Castlemaine Cemetery Burial Recovery Project has begun its first stage, marking the start of a multi-year archaeological investigation into human remains disturbed during decades of cemetery…
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Hand crafted with love
Every Wednesday for the past 16 years, Tom Taft has bought his weekly fish and chips and made his way to his wife’s grave at the Castlemaine Cemetery with Molly, his little cavalier jack russell. Most weeks he brings a fresh bunch of flowers, carefully arranging them in wooden vases he specially crafted from red…
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Fanny Finch grave to be marked
For many long years the grave of Fanny Finch, first woman ever known to have voted in Australia, has lain unmarked at Castlemaine Cemetery following her untimely death in 1863. But now, thanks to a state government grant, the resting site of this fascinating local figure in Australia’s political history is soon to be marked…