Construction in Australian school leads to discovery of almost 2000 dead bodies buried underneath it

[1srelluc]

Nearly 2,000 bodies were found under a school's sporting field, in what is believed to be Australia's biggest exhumation

After workers dug up two skeletons at a Hobart school's hockey field it was believed there would likely be more, with the location being an old graveyard. But the scale of what the archaeological team found was staggering — and the job of putting names to the many bones was "like a giant puzzle".

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During building works at The Hutchins School in Hobart in March 2024, bones were found and construction halted — leading to the ultimate discovery of almost 2,000 bodies that were believed to have been moved from the old graveyard over which the school is located.

An archaeological team undertook what is believed to be the largest mass exhumation in Australian history, digging up the bodies and attempting to identify them — hampered by appalling burial practices and poor record-keeping.

So, they started construction on top of a site that they knew full well was a cemetery? And then they were surprised that they found bodies which had not previously been accounted for?

Frankly, I don't understand why we as human beings can't just let cemeteries and burial grounds lay in peace? Why do we constantly want to dig them up or move them? It's disrespectful to the dead to dig them up or move them, or build something else on top of their graves.


I've seen that movie.

Oh well.

 

[ThirdTerm]

The derelict cemetery from the 19th century was bought by the city council, which decided to build sports fields and a school at the site. It's really a poor choice but they may have tried to bury Australia's early history from the convict era, which was not worth preserving.

Queenborough Regional Cemetery was opened in 1873 by two Sandy Bay businessmen, who purchased the site for ₤280 so that the residents in the Queenborough area could bury their dead. The members of many prominent Tasmanian Pioneer Families are buried in Queenborough Cemetery. The cemetery originally occupied the site from the edge of Sandy Bay Road, extending up Nelson Road to where Churchill Avenue and the Hutchins School are today.

By 1913 the Queenborough Cemetery Company had run out of money to maintain the cemetery and the entire site lay derelict until the Hobart City Council purchased the site in 1915 and later began building sports grounds in the lower portion off Sandy Bay Road and then the current Queenborough Oval, extending to Peel Street. The remainder of the cemetery was used until it was closed in 1934 and was later dismantled in 1961 for the construction of The Hutchins School and associated sports grounds.

Queenborough Cemetery in Sandy Bay, Tasmania - Find a Grave Cemetery

Queenborough Regional Cemetery was opened in 1873 by two Sandy Bay businessmen, who purchased the site for ₤280 so that the residents in the Queenborough...

www.findagrave.com

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Nearly 2,000 bodies were found under a school's sporting field, in what is believed to be Australia's biggest exhumation

After workers dug up two skeletons at a Hobart school's hockey field it was believed there would likely be more, with the location being an old graveyard. But the scale of what the archaeological team found was staggering — and the job of putting names to the many bones was "like a giant puzzle".

www.abc.net.au

During building works at The Hutchins School in Hobart in March 2024, bones were found and construction halted — leading to the ultimate discovery of almost 2,000 bodies that were believed to have been moved from the old graveyard over which the school is located.

An archaeological team undertook what is believed to be the largest mass exhumation in Australian history, digging up the bodies and attempting to identify them — hampered by appalling burial practices and poor record-keeping.

So, they started construction on top of a site that they knew full well was a cemetery? And then they were surprised that they found bodies which had not previously been accounted for?

Frankly, I don't understand why we as human beings can't just let cemeteries and burial grounds lay in peace? Why do we constantly want to dig them up or move them? It's disrespectful to the dead to dig them up or move them, or build something else on top of their graves.


I've seen that movie.

Oh well.

Today's headlines: A small private jet crashed into a cemetery yesterday that could carry 16 passengers and crew. Investigators have discovered at least 200 bodies so far and digging continues.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The derelict cemetery from the 19th century was bought by the city council, which decided to build sports fields and a school at the site. It's really a poor choice but they may have tried to bury Australia's early history from the convict era, which was not worth preserving.

Queenborough Regional Cemetery was opened in 1873 by two Sandy Bay businessmen, who purchased the site for ₤280 so that the residents in the Queenborough area could bury their dead. The members of many prominent Tasmanian Pioneer Families are buried in Queenborough Cemetery. The cemetery originally occupied the site from the edge of Sandy Bay Road, extending up Nelson Road to where Churchill Avenue and the Hutchins School are today.

By 1913 the Queenborough Cemetery Company had run out of money to maintain the cemetery and the entire site lay derelict until the Hobart City Council purchased the site in 1915 and later began building sports grounds in the lower portion off Sandy Bay Road and then the current Queenborough Oval, extending to Peel Street. The remainder of the cemetery was used until it was closed in 1934 and was later dismantled in 1961 for the construction of The Hutchins School and associated sports grounds.

Queenborough Cemetery in Sandy Bay, Tasmania - Find a Grave Cemetery

Queenborough Regional Cemetery was opened in 1873 by two Sandy Bay businessmen, who purchased the site for ₤280 so that the residents in the Queenborough...

www.findagrave.com

Not the same one, is it?

 

[Captain Caveman]

The size of Australia, where shall we build a school?

Space is tight, let's pick this old graveyard

Looks like all councils across the globe employ idiots.