STEP BACK IN TIME ...

Back in 2000, the year of the Sydney Olympics, I lived across the road briefly from the St David's Uniting Church cemetery at Kurrajong Heights.
During the three months I was in this beautiful, uplifting part of the world, duly dubbed by the locals 'God's Own Country', I wandered through the cemetery and wondered about the people buried there. Who were they and what happened in their lives? And what caused them to die?
My curiosity kept gnawing at me and six years later, I finally began researching the 50 souls resting in St David's cemetery, hopefully in peace.
It was almost as if they wanted me to tell their stories, and were not going to let up on me until I had done so.
Well, it's been a long time coming, but I've finally done it. I think they will be happy now.
It's been a fascinating journey of discovery for me. When I wander through the cemetery now, I'm on familiar speaking terms with them all because now I know who they were and are and always will be for eternity.
I do hope you, dear reader, enjoy making their acquaintance.

Pamela Mawbey