Orphanage cemeteries in Broadmeadows

Publication Resource Details

In
The Age
Publication Date
16 August 1996
Page Numbers
B1
Description
A memorial service is to be held to unveil a plaque and recognise as a sacred site the unmarked graves of 492 orphaned babies who died at the Broadmeadows orphanage and were buried at Will Will Rook Cemetery from 1901 to 1942.

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