Lahy Pioneer Cemetery

This blog is published to record the journey towards the restoration of a pioneer family's graveyard which came to contain more than one family but a community's dearly departed. The graveyard contains many stories which may never be told... and many that will.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Importance of the "Uamby" cemetery

The Uamby cemetery, like many private cemeteries in rural areas, contains the remains of pioneers whose contribution to the nation will like...

Michael Lahy as Pioneer

Lahy came to Australia as a convict. In 1815, at 24 years of age, he was a ringleader in an uprising against the British landlords in County...

What do we know about the Lahy family?

There are few records to tell us the details or even the broad scope of Michael Lahy's life and those of his family. We have only scraps...

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Project plan

PICTURE: Family and volunteers helped lift the headstones off the ground to get them away from the corrosive effects of salt. ............. ...

Identifying the occupants: headstones

PICTURED: Mary Bird ...... Former owner of “Uamby” Mary Bird transcribed the headstones. Her list of occupants contains 17 names, according ...

Links between occupants

PICTURED: Several miners are buried in the Lahy family cemetery. The goldfields were adjacent to the graveyard and the remnants of the mullo...

Restoring the headstones

Consultant stonemason Laurie Thomson has recommended the following restoration regime: • Michael Lahy Sr. and daughter Alice – washing, tou...

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