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New plaque for Parkerville babies

15/12/201003/06/2022 admin

by Bob McGuire (guest author) on 15 December, 2010

Below is the memorial plaque that they have put on the site after 107 years, naming 24 babies who died at Parkerville.

Plaque embedded into a rock in front of a wooden fence

They forgot to mention the six others buried here without names.

plaque with the title 'BUSH CEMETERY' and a list of names and dates of death
Tagged death, graves, memorial, Parkerville, Western Australia

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