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31st May 2014, 10:36 PM
This stuff makes me sick.
No Cookies | dailytelegraph.com.au (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/first-fleet-graves-vandalised-at-historic-castlereagh-bush-cemetery/story-fngr8i5s-1226937060148)
The graves of First Fleet pioneers were sprayed with pink graffiti in an act of senseless vandalism that has left a community shocked.
The Historic Castlereagh Cemetery, near Penrith, is one of the state’s oldest undisturbed burial grounds.
It is the last evidence of the 1811 township of Castlereagh and includes the graves of pioneering families and First Fleeters.
“It was a disgraceful act. It’s sad that there are people who don’t appreciate the importance of these sites and the pain they cause to the people who do,” a Penrith Council spokesman said of the May 17 attack.
“No one wants to see the perpetrators get away with these … senseless acts.”
The graveyard has been attacked before, with a Sydney Spirit Stalkers spokeswoman claiming “the legend of Sarah’s grave is the reason this place is vandalised all the time”.
Sarah Marshall was transported to Australia aboard the First Fleet ship, Friendship, and legend has it that she was brutally murdered near her home in Castlereagh by a group of men.
The earliest monument in the cemetery holds the remains of Mary Ann Smith, who died in 1814.
The bush graveyard was to provide a burial ground for the town of Castlereagh, on the outer edge of Cranebrook, created by Governor Macquarie during his first year of office.
The first burial was in 1811 after Governor Macquarie's ordered bodies to be interred in the cemetery to prevent people burying their dead on their properties.
Sadly, the historic significance of the site failed to put off the vandals.
The difficulty now lies in removing the graffiti without damaging gravestones.
“(The) council will be cleaning up the graffiti, we just can’t go in and blast the graffiti off, it needs to be done sympathetically and gently,” the council spokesman said.
“We are taking advice from the National Trust of Australia for cemetery conservation and our heritage advisers who we have worked with before.”
The council expects to have the graffiti removed in the next fortnight.
If you have any information about the vandalism please call Penrith Police 4721 9444.
you'd have to be a right smart bastard to manage to damage a defenseless cemetery... and youd achieve what exactly?
Bastards
** sarah marshall as referred to in article above leads to this which has further links as well **
http://rebelhand.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/was-sarah-murdered-is-she-a-famous-ghost/
PS sorry about the mis spelling in the title.
No Cookies | dailytelegraph.com.au (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/first-fleet-graves-vandalised-at-historic-castlereagh-bush-cemetery/story-fngr8i5s-1226937060148)
The graves of First Fleet pioneers were sprayed with pink graffiti in an act of senseless vandalism that has left a community shocked.
The Historic Castlereagh Cemetery, near Penrith, is one of the state’s oldest undisturbed burial grounds.
It is the last evidence of the 1811 township of Castlereagh and includes the graves of pioneering families and First Fleeters.
“It was a disgraceful act. It’s sad that there are people who don’t appreciate the importance of these sites and the pain they cause to the people who do,” a Penrith Council spokesman said of the May 17 attack.
“No one wants to see the perpetrators get away with these … senseless acts.”
The graveyard has been attacked before, with a Sydney Spirit Stalkers spokeswoman claiming “the legend of Sarah’s grave is the reason this place is vandalised all the time”.
Sarah Marshall was transported to Australia aboard the First Fleet ship, Friendship, and legend has it that she was brutally murdered near her home in Castlereagh by a group of men.
The earliest monument in the cemetery holds the remains of Mary Ann Smith, who died in 1814.
The bush graveyard was to provide a burial ground for the town of Castlereagh, on the outer edge of Cranebrook, created by Governor Macquarie during his first year of office.
The first burial was in 1811 after Governor Macquarie's ordered bodies to be interred in the cemetery to prevent people burying their dead on their properties.
Sadly, the historic significance of the site failed to put off the vandals.
The difficulty now lies in removing the graffiti without damaging gravestones.
“(The) council will be cleaning up the graffiti, we just can’t go in and blast the graffiti off, it needs to be done sympathetically and gently,” the council spokesman said.
“We are taking advice from the National Trust of Australia for cemetery conservation and our heritage advisers who we have worked with before.”
The council expects to have the graffiti removed in the next fortnight.
If you have any information about the vandalism please call Penrith Police 4721 9444.
you'd have to be a right smart bastard to manage to damage a defenseless cemetery... and youd achieve what exactly?
Bastards
** sarah marshall as referred to in article above leads to this which has further links as well **
http://rebelhand.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/was-sarah-murdered-is-she-a-famous-ghost/
PS sorry about the mis spelling in the title.