City of Angels Traditional Cache
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This geocache is just on the outskirts of Inverell. Easily Accessible. Bring own pencil or pen for signing of Logbook.
Inverell Cemetery was gazetted in 1863, although this site may have been used as a burial ground before this date. Eight acres on the road from Inverell to Mrs. Campbell’s Station was set aside in July of that year for a General Cemetery. Prior to this time, some burials took place above the riverbank close to the town, however no formal record of this cemetery is known to exist today. Although funds were allocated for fencing to keep stock out of the cemetery, it was years before this work was completed. This is possibly why those who could afford it had fences built around the graves of their loved ones. The first known Trustees of the cemetery were appointed in 1883 and included representatives of the Churches, and for the General portion, Messrs JH Hindmarsh, GTT Butler, G. Woods, J Sinclair and WJ Gilmore. Sadly in 1902 a grass fire destroyed all the wooden railings, crosses and most of the fencing. At this time the local community requested the Mayor to convene a meeting to devise means for the repair of the Inverell Cemetery, and maintaining same in proper order. Some burial records, with plot and row numbers, were kept by the Churches, Undertakers or the Cemetery Trust, however many of these early records have not survived. In 1967, the responsibility for cemeteries was handed over to Local Councils. Shortly after this, the New General Lawn section was opened, then in the 1990s a columbarium wall added. The Memory garden was completed in 2007. Although many headstones have deteriorated, every effort has been made to compile as accurate a record as possible of those who have been laid to rest in the Inverell Cemetery. The Inverell District Family History Group has prepared a self guided walking tour. The link to the brochure is below. http://www.inverell.nsw.gov.au/images/stories/ISC/Building%20and%20Development/History%20and%20Heritage/Cemeteries/Inverell%20Cemetery%20self%20guided%20walk%20v2.pdf
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