{"id":3801,"date":"2019-02-22T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2023-06-12T19:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T09:21:15","slug":"case-of-the-disappearing-headstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/case-of-the-disappearing-headstones","title":{"rendered":"Christ Church Cathedral&#8217;s migrating gravestones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#33522c\">Quick facts about Christ Church graveyard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Newcastle&#8217;s first formal burial ground<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sporadic burials from as early as 1802<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Officially proclaimed by Commandant Wallis in 1817<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Estimated number of burials: 3300<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>38 per cent of the total burials were infants under three years of age<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Burials ceased in the early 1880s but some &#8220;illegal&#8221; burials took place after the official closure in 1884<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From at least 1958 Newcastle City Council lobbied to take control of the site for conversion to a park as part of a trade-off to facilitate the construction of the King Street parking station on a site long proposed for a central city park. This deal was enabled by an act of Parliament in 1966  <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>About 170 headstones were removed\/destroyed at this time &#8211; many of them used in landscaping including at Blackbutt Reserve<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of Christ Church&#8217;s migrating gravestones first caught my attention more than a decade ago when genealogist Dave Hughes showed me some photos of pieces of headstones used as landscaping blocks in Newcastle&#8217;s Blackbutt Reserve. He told me the stones had been moved by Newcastle City Council from the old cemetery at Christ Church Cathedral in the early 1970s as part of a &#8220;clean-up&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t believe him at first, but soon discovered it was true.  I contacted the former Blackbutt caretaker Ray Raisbeck who told me he had actually been a leading hand with the council when the cemetery was transferred to council control. The council decided to clear the graveyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We had to use a chainsaw and tractor to get some of the bushes out of the iron fences around some of the graves,&#8221; Mr Raisbeck said. When he turned over tumbled tombstones, he saw many graves whose occupants had been born before Europeans settled Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"670\" data-id=\"29132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-1.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-1-300x390.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"29133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-2.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/graves-1968-2-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Work under way at the cemetery in about 1968. Newcastle Herald photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Newcastle heritage activist Doug Lithgow, the story began with the Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery Act of 1966, which followed on the heels of the plan to build a council parking station in King Street. &#8220;The most senior planners were against that idea because that area was supposed to be a park as part of the focus of the city marketplace,&#8221; Doug said. &#8220;But the city council worked out a plan to take the cathedral cemetery as a park instead, to compensate, so the parking station could go ahead. Incidentally two beautiful big old candlewood trees were destroyed too. It was outrageous, really. And part of the package involved the Newcastle Club getting a new carpark that took out part of the old cemetery,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/68-14-1935-crop-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3802\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial view of the graveyard in 1935. Photo by Milton Kent. <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christ-Church-cathedral-and-cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christ-Church-cathedral-and-cemetery.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christ-Church-cathedral-and-cemetery-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christ-Church-cathedral-and-cemetery-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christ-Church-cathedral-and-cemetery-600x325.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How the cemetery appeared in the 1960s. Norm Barney collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/E055-Cathedral-cemetery-demolished-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/E055-Cathedral-cemetery-demolished-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/E055-Cathedral-cemetery-demolished-1-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/E055-Cathedral-cemetery-demolished-1-768x259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/E055-Cathedral-cemetery-demolished-1-600x202.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piles of tombstones await their fate. Photo by Eric Sutherland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img351.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img351.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img351-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img351-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img351-600x313.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The site as it appeared in the late 1980s. Photo courtesy of Allen Fairhall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cathedral-grounds-1978-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15356\" width=\"351\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cathedral-grounds-1978-5.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cathedral-grounds-1978-5-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cathedral-grounds-1978-5-300x376.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cathedral-grounds-1978-5-600x751.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the gravestones, face-up in the grass, in 1978. Photo by Doug Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The council catalogued and photographed many of the stones in the 1970s (as it was obliged to by the conditions of the <em>Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, Cemetery Act 1966<\/em>) before shifting a handful to the cathedral park&#8217;s eastern end. Many were placed face-up, making them easy to read but also speeding their erosion. Mr Raisbeck, who by then had moved to Blackbutt, said he received many stones from the cathedral which he used for landscaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some stones were offered to anybody who wanted them and I remember a lovely red granite one, belonging to a Clunes Innes, that was taken to Port Macquarie,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><em>Archibald Clunes Innes (after whom Glen Innes is named) fought in the Peninsular War, reaching the rank of Major. He became Police Magistrate at Port Macquarie, where he built a grand mansion and modestly named it &#8216;Lake Innes Cottage&#8217;. At one time one of the wealthiest men in the colony, he lost everything in the great depression of the late 1840s and was declared bankrupt in 1852. He found employment as Police Magistrate in Newcastle, where he died in 1857 and was buried in the Cathedral churchyard. The reason for the removal of his headstone was to place it in the Port Macquarie Historical Cemetery next to that of his wife (daughter of the former Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay). I have had the fascinating experience of inspecting it there.       <\/em>               From reader Ken Dutton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:66px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We were making the stonework around the Blackbutt toilets one day when one of the workers placed a stone so you could see a carved pair of crossed hands holding a rose. I told them they&#8217;d better turn it around&#8221;, Mr Raisbeck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"821\" data-id=\"3799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-7-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-7-600x547.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-7-768x701.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christ Church cathedral.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"863\" data-id=\"3798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-3-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-3-600x575.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-3-768x736.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cemetery in the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"3797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-Cathedral-graves-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cemetery in the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"3796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves.jpg 890w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-600x607.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/009-cathedral-graves-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cemetery in the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">The cemetery in the 1960s.<br>Photos by Ron Morrison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/b\/s!AuxLTZwqxh1Kr2UWhi4jD-0tekhM?e=5YH1gI\">Mr Raisbeck wrote a paper on the topic of the stones used at Blackbutt, <\/a>noting that they had come from many places other than the cathedral cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They included bush rocks collected from roadsides at Seaham in 1967 and used at the reserve entrance. Some of these are very big, but all were loaded on the council trucks by hand. The stone gutter down the steep entrance road came from guttering originally used on the overpass near Waratah Station. At the time Mr Raisbeck was told that these pieces of trachyte had been hand-cut by South Coast prisoners. These pieces were extremely hard and heavy and had to be moved by a tractor with a hydraulic crane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stonework from the first section of the old aviary site largely came from a stone house at The Junction which was being demolished in about 1969 to make way for a bakery. Walls continuing to the small dam were mostly made of old kerb and guttering except for a section just above the dam which was old sailing ship ballast, possibly black lava from Hawaii. &#8220;They were originally used in the dry stone walls of the King street Rockeries,&#8221; he wrote. Mr Raisbeck had also been the gardener in charge of the rockeries between 1954 and 1957. He helped load these rocks when King Street was widened in about 1967-69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackbutt&#8217;s rainforest walls mainly came from the old Wallsend Methodist Church, which was demolished when it appeared in danger of collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Metcalf-st-Wallsend.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Metcalf-st-Wallsend.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Metcalf-st-Wallsend-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Metcalf-st-Wallsend-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Metcalf-st-Wallsend-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The old church in Metcalf Street, Wallsend, that provided many stones to Blackbutt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Stones around Blackbutt&#8217;s dams were mainly kerb and gutter stones which were also used near the ranger&#8217;s cottage. Some large boulders beneath the cliff in the rainforest area came from the council&#8217;s Merewether quarry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"3808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/437-Blackbutt-6-7-1967-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/437-Blackbutt-6-7-1967-5.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/437-Blackbutt-6-7-1967-5-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/437-Blackbutt-6-7-1967-5-600x499.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/437-Blackbutt-6-7-1967-5-768x639.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blackbutt in the 1960s.<br> Photo by Ron Morrison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"562\" data-id=\"3809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/blackbutt-colour.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/blackbutt-colour.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/blackbutt-colour-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/blackbutt-colour-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/blackbutt-colour-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blackbutt&#8217;s Lookout Rd entrance c1960s.<br> Photo by Ron Morrison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There used to be a couple of dumps of recycled stones at Newcastle&#8217;s No.2 Sportsground, and many of these also found their way to Blackbutt. Waratah kerb and gutter stones were transformed by Mr Raisbeck into various barbecues around the reserve and were also used to build the pillars at the Lookout Road entrance and the wall of worked stone that once displayed a guide map to Blackbutt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This work was done by the council&#8217;s stonemason Gordon Myers, who also repaired the King Street retaining walls at the Cathedral cemetery site,&#8221; Mr Raisbeck wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Gordon-Myers-8-10-1971-3-768x767.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Council stonemason Gordon Myers installing iron gates from Maitland at the Cathedral Park in 1971.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Headstones from other cemeteries may also have made their way to Blackbutt, including, possibly, some from Mayfield&#8217;s St Andrew&#8217;s Church of England. That cemetery was cleared to make way for a church hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Col Boundy, of Alderley, Queensland, has described his 1992 search for the gravesites of his great grandparents, John and Alice Boundy. John Boundy and his second wife Dorothy were buried at Sandgate cemetery, but no trace of Alice could be found. Her death certificate indicated she was buried at St Andrew&#8217;s, Mayfield, but as Mr Boundy discovered, the old graveyard had been cleared as the result of a special Act of Parliament in 1957 to allow the new hall to be built. According to the history of the church, written by Noel and Sue Skimmings, the headstones were taken to Blackbutt Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Hughes, who has made a close study of a number of Newcastle cemeteries, said some of the Christ Church headstones photographed in near-complete condition in the 1960s were now in pieces in Blackbutt\nReserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The tombstone of Samuel Osborne is one I can name immediately,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"861\" data-id=\"3794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Cathedral-gates-and-gravestones-8-10-1971-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Cathedral-gates-and-gravestones-8-10-1971-10.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Cathedral-gates-and-gravestones-8-10-1971-10-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Cathedral-gates-and-gravestones-8-10-1971-10-600x574.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/B192-Cathedral-gates-and-gravestones-8-10-1971-10-768x735.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Samuel Osborne&#8217;s gravestone.<br> Photo by Ron Morrison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"550\" data-id=\"3791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-300x433.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographed by the council.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" data-id=\"3790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-fragment.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-fragment.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-fragment-300x399.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gravestone-fragment-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fragment in Blackbutt. Photo by Dave Hughes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Eddie Page wrote that the Osborne gravestone had been earmarked in 1966 for preservation and restoration, but had instead ended up at Blackbutt. He believed as many as 30 others similarly earmarked at the time had suffered the same fate. &#8220;I would particularly love to find any remnants of the headstone of Henry Chatfield \u2013 Captain of the Cawarra. Even though it had quite some historic significance and was in fair condition, the Chatfield headstone wasn\u2019t listed as worth retaining,&#8221; Mr Page wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"29135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-300x409.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1-600x818.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-1.jpg 865w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographed by the council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"628\" data-id=\"29136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-2.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Clarke-Palmer-2-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robyn Jeffriess was also distressed to learn that the headstone of some of her forebears in the Clarke and Palmer families had been destroyed at the time of the park conversion, even though the photo taken at the time showed the stone to be in good condition. John Clarke&#8217;s burial has been described as a particularly sad event: he was accidentally shot to death in 1842 by his brother William who mistook him for a bushranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photographer Eric Sutherland, who lived on The Hill during the 1960s, took many photographs of the old cemetery, but sadly few of them contain legible images of particular gravestones. I&#8217;ve searched his negatives and found these few:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Bingle-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Bingle-15-1.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Bingle-15-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Bingle-15-1-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Bingle-15-1-600x371.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tombstone of prominent Novocastrians John and Mary Bingle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Brown-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Brown-8-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Brown-8-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Brown-8-2-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cathedral-graveyard-Brown-8-2-600x365.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The grave of nine-year-old Gidron Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Headstones-at-Christ-Church-Brooks-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Headstones-at-Christ-Church-Brooks-2-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Headstones-at-Christ-Church-Brooks-2-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Headstones-at-Christ-Church-Brooks-2-1-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Headstones-at-Christ-Church-Brooks-2-1-600x473.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The grave markers of George and Mary Brooks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I visited the Cathedral Park on July 9, 2020, to view some changes the council has made in relatively recent times. On contacting the council I was advised that the first stage of funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/Newcastle\/media\/Documents\/Heritage%20publications\/Cathedral%20park\/Cathedral-Park-Master-Plan-low-res-for-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">redevelopment of the park <\/a>had all been spent. More funds were expected to become available to continue the work in the 2021-2022 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the work involved replacing some headstones as close as possible to their original positions. About 20 had been returned so far, and about 40 remained at the council&#8217;s works depot awaiting conservation work and replacement in location. A number of the stones currently near the boundary with the Newcastle Club would also ultimately be returned to their original positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other proposed work involves the creation of monuments to commemorate the mass grave of the victims of the 1866 Cawarra shipwreck disaster and Mulimbah House, which once stood in a corner of the park. This memorial would be specially designed to interpret the indigenous history of the area. A monument to infants, buried in times of high infant mortality, would also be created, and a general monument would be built on the King Street boundary of the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FriendsOfNationalTrustNewcastleHunter\/videos\/5594074073979659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle and Hunter Valley Friends of the National Trust are still pressing Newcastle City Council<\/a> to properly complete the works outlined in its management plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-15-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-15-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-15-1-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-15-1-600x283.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This sign asserts that the only headstones to have been removed or destroyed were in &#8220;poor condition&#8221;. This is a contentious statement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-3-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-3-600x411.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Names of people buried in the cemetery have been stenciled onto the risers of these concrete stairs, along with information presumably gleaned from the photos of the lost headstones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"15567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-5-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-5-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-5-600x350.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"15568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-7.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-7-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"548\" data-id=\"15569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-8-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-8-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-8-600x365.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"812\" data-id=\"15570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-11.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-11-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-11-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-11-600x541.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Some of the grave markers at the Cathedral cemetery park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phototimetunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cathedral-cemetery-9-768x576.jpg 768w, 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