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Volunteers unearth incredible stories buried in outback Western Australia’s unmarked graves

A group of dedicated volunteers is reconnecting the history of more than a thousand unmarked graves in Western Australia’s outback with the identities of those who lay within them.
Key points:
- In the days before refrigeration, the dead were buried almost immediately “where they dropped”
- Outback Grave Markers has researched and marked more than 1,000 graves at 175 locations
- Volunteers spend hours researching the stories behind graves that have lost identifying features
Led by two school friends now in their 70s, the growing band of volunteers who make up Outback Grave Markers have researched and marked graves at more than 170 locations across the state.
Co-founder Trevor Tough said many fascinating stories were also uncovered in the process of…
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