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'Tombstone tourists' keep Australia's oldest surviving European cemetery alive
Volunteers known as 'tombstone tourists' gathered last weekend to maintain St John's Cemetery, Australia's oldest surviving European burial ground in Parramatta. Historian Judith Dunn, 83, noted the site's historical significance and its neglect since it ceased being an active cemetery in the 1890s. Monthly volunteer efforts are essential to preserve the historical landscape amid encroaching urban development.
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