Lost tombstone unearthed after chance discovery

Tom O'Callaghan
May 1 2021 - 4:00am
RESTORATION: Mark Blakely hard at work in his Bendigo workshop, where the gravestone found at the Castlemaine cemetery was restored. Picture: BRENDAN McCARTHY
RESTORATION: Mark Blakely hard at work in his Bendigo workshop, where the gravestone found at the Castlemaine cemetery was restored. Picture: BRENDAN McCARTHY

STONE masons have restored a gravestone dating back to the gold rush after a gardener discovered it under the lawn she was mowing.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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