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cemetery-in-morning-fog by Gerald Steding showing old sandstone headstones at Hartley Vale Cemetery.

CEMETERIES

Investigating Cemeteries

We draw on our combined experience in archaeology, forensics, restoration and reconstruction, landscape analysis, and data visualisation.

Quarantine Station Cemetery No.3,
Sydney Harbour, NSW

Unmarked Graves

Fallen Grave Components

Former Cemetery Layouts

Boundaries and Divisions

Grave Orientations

Cemetery Conservation Plans

Many of our reports have to do with the conservation and restoration of standing monuments in cemeteries throughout New South Wales.

Woman crouching beside grave at Upper Castlereagh Cemetery recorded by Louise Steding. Steding uses ground penetrating radar to find unmarked graves.

Upper Castlereagh Cemetery recorded by Louise Steding. Steding uses ground penetrating radar to find unmarked graves.

Upper Castlereagh Methodist Cemetery

War grave monument in Byrock Cemetery. Unmarked graves were recorded by Steding as part of this project.

Byrock Cemetery

In cemetery conservation plans we share our knowledge of monument restoration and maintenance, signage,

legislation, and management.

Cemetery Study across the Bourke Shire

A cemetery in the Bourke Shire recorded by Louise Steding and Gerald Steding. Steding also records unmarked graves using ground penetrating radar.

A cemetery in the Bourke Shire recorded by Louise Steding and Gerald Steding. Steding also records unmarked graves using ground penetrating radar.

Photograph by Louise Steding of monument in Louth Cemetery. There are many unmarked graves that may be found using ground penetrating radar.

Louth, Kerribree, Tara, Enngonia, Wanaaring, Barringun, Jandra, Bourke Hospital, Rose Isle Station, Yantabulla, Ford's Bridge, Gundabooka, Grass Hut, Bellsgrove Station, Belalie

Sandstone monuments Gerald Steding asin McCarthy's Cemetery, photographed by part of a ground survey for unmarked graves and conservation management plan..

McCarthy's Cemetery

Simple maintenance measures can significantly extend the lifespan of grave monuments.

Some graves just need to be found.

St Mark's Cemetery, Appin

Area thought to be the location of stillborn children's graves at Point Clare. Recorded by Louise Steding.

Tambaroora
Pioneer Cemetery

A broken headstone in North Bourke Cemetery cemetery recorded by Louise Steding and Gerald Steding. Steding also records unmarked graves using ground penetrating radar.

North Bourke Cemetery

Grave beside
Old Great North Road

Covered headstone on Mersey Bluff

Point Claire
Children's Graves

Our reports include accurate survey plans using drone and total station for mapping and include archival quality photographs of specified types of headstones showing readable transcripts.

Headstones in Hartley Vale Cemetery photographed by Gerald Steding as part of ground penetrating radar survey for unmarked graves.

Similar semi-circular headstones at Hartley Vale Cemetery photographed by Gerald Steding as part of ground radar project.

Hartley Vale Cemetery

Hartley Vale Cemetery after the bushfires. Photographed by Gerald Steding as part of ground penetrating radar survey for unmarked graves.

Cassilis Station Graves

Kangaroos watching us during a radar survey of Goulburn Jewish Cemetery.

Goulburn Jewish Cemetery

Others are monitored for unmarked graves

during excavation works.

On occasion exhumations take place.

Rookwood Anglican Section

Liverpool Pioneer Cemetery

Excavation at Camden Cemetery monitored by Dr Louise Steding in search for unmarked graves.

Camden General Cemetery

Rookwood
Catholic Section

Moolarben Grave

St Marks Cemetery Appin

St Marys Burials Concord

For Exhumations and Forensic Archaeology see
www.coldcase.au

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