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Dunlop Cemetery
Caloundra Shire, Queensland, Australia

#2 Main St
Maleny Qld

Lat: 26° 45' 39"S, Lon: 152° 51' 21"E

Contributed by Maggie Rail, Jul 03, 2002, last edited Feb 09, 2010 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 3.

This old family burial site is on main street, in front of the school and across from the city pump house.

According to some of the residents of Maleny, when the land was purchased by the school district, from the Dunlop family, the agreement was that the burial site must remain along with the tree, which is situated in front of the land, a short distance from the graves.

Since the stipulation was that the tree stay in front and the burial site as it was, the tree now sits in the middle of main street. They have split the street to route itt around the tree on either side. This creates a very a unique situation.

The headstones are just inside a fence and so close they touch the fence. Growth has all but covered these 2 stones. They can only be seen from the sidewalk and the growth hides them in such a manner one would easily walk by without noticing them.

I read this cemetery on Jun 09, 2002.

- Maggie Rail

Dunlop Jane, b. May 16, 1827, Scotland, d. Aug 01, 1886, Maleny, Our Beloved Mother, s/w Francis
Dunlop, Francis, d. Jul 09, 1841, age 83yr, Our Beloved uncle, s/w Jane
Hankinson, Margaret Fletcher, d. Oct 03, 1886, age: 44yr, Our Mother

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