SAVE WAVERLEY CEMETERY !

SAVE WAVERLEY CEMETERY!

The iconic Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, NSW

 The first interment took place here in 1877..

there are over 83,000 interments.. over 50,000 monuments..

the site covers approximately 40 acres...

it is one of the most beautiful sites in Sydney..

It is known for many things, 

including the beautiful entrance gates...

http://sydney-city.blogspot.com.au/2012_03_01_archive.html

and the amazing statues, 

the like of which are rarely created today.

http://sydney-city.blogspot.com.au/2012_03_01_archive.html

"Many of you might recognise the top photo as Waverley Cemetery.. you can see that parts of the cemetery are at risk as the dumped fill is slowly sinking into the sea.  There is a solution offered though, which should not only stop the problem, but enhance the cemetery... have a look here...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Waverley-Cemetery/1549250935291883?fref=ts

and look for the video. It is wonderful. 

If inclined, please sign the petition to Waverley Council which offers suggestions and solutions re funding. Please share, we can't see this incredible historic and beautiful cemetery fall into disrepair."

I first came across this via video by David Kelly.. you can see it here...

 

I'll let David explain the need for immediate action... the website is

http://www.savewaverleycemetery.org/

and there is also a Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Waverley-Cemetery/1549250935291883?fref=ts

This is a suggestion offered to prevent any further subsidence

Please act now, by going to the website above or the Facebook page or leaving a comment below the video on You Tube and/or signing the PETITION to show the Waverley Council that this historic and beautiful cemetery must be preserved so that future generations can appreciate the history and pay respect to their ancestors.

NO WORDS NEEDED

NO WORDS NEEDED... JUST CLICK ON LINK BELOW PICTURE

http://www.etv-hellas.net/videos/2014-03-05.html

ROMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN PLACE NAMES

Australian place names can often confuse those not familiar with them, but there is a certain romance about many of them...


Thanks to the wonderful resources of TROVE   (http://trove.nla.gov.au), I was able to find these pages from one of Australia's most popular magazines,

THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY...

This issue was from May 13, 1964... these make interesting reading... as do the advertisements...

AMAZING NATURE

Every now and then you come across something that is too good not to be shared...

Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia) Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica) Hooker's Lips (Psychotria Elata) Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)   Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora) Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora) Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina) Snap Dragon Seed Pod (Antirrhinum) Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)  An orchid that looks remarkably like a tiger Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora) And his friends... Angel Orchid (Habenaria Grandifloriformis) Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost Orchid (Peristeria Elata) White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata) The Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis) An Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina

100 YEARS AGO..THE WORLD STOPPED...

THE DAY THE WORLD STOPPED..

…and held it's breath

hoping that time would stop 

and peace would resume..

It was not to be

and would not be that way again

for five long years.

So much heartache, tragedy and death

broken dreams, families, 

and so many broken bodies and minds.

Brave men and women  

at the front and at home

fought and waited and hoped.

100 years ago 

it was to be the war 

that would end all wars..

If only that were true.

©Crissouli August 2014

Many have written, and will write, of the history of World War 1. I have chosen instead to revisit some earlier posts.

SING TO ME MOTHER

http://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/sing-to-me-mother.html

CAN YOU HEAR ME SWEETHEART?

http://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/can-you-hear-me-sweetheart.html

THOSE WITH NO TOMORROWS

http://thebackfenceofgenealogy-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/those-with-no-tomorrows.html

A SMALL SELECTION OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SERVED IN WW1

http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/some-australians-who-served-in-wwi.html

The photographs used were from the Public Domain. 

ANZAC Mounted Div (B01518) Frank Hurley

FrankHurleyAustralian8inchHowitzerBattery   Public Domain