❓ Question regarding the criteria and reasons for retaining gravestones at Karrakatta Cemetery during renewal, including visitation frequency and other valid justifications.
AnsweredQoN 3349Legislative Council
Asked
22 October 2020
Member
Portfolio
Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts
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Thanking the Minister for the answer provided to question on notice 1105 on 15 October 2020, I further ask: (a) what constitutes "high visitation" for an individual grave at Karrakatta Cemetery; (b) how is high visitation assessed from a practical perspective; (c) how many other gravestones have been retained on account of high visitation across the renewal process to date; (d) what other valid reasons have been cited for gravestone retention; and (e) how many stones have been retained for each of the reasons in (d), across the course of the renewal process to date?
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Answered
25 November 2020
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts
Response time
10 days
(a) Visitation on days significant to the person interned, their family or religious dates.
(b) By observation by MCB staff, correspondence and submissions
(c) Congregational EA – 4; Congregational FA - 3
(d) Aesthetic, Authenticity, Condition, Historic, Integrity, Rarity, Representativeness, Scientific, Social, Official war Grave/Honouring Indigenous War grave.
(e) Some headstones were given more than one classification for retention
Congregational EA
Congregational FA
Aesthetic
16
13
Historical
5
Scientific
1
Social
10
6
Rarity
6
Representativeness
2
3
Condition
11
4
Integrity
6
Official War grave
6
13
(b) By observation by MCB staff, correspondence and submissions
(c) Congregational EA – 4; Congregational FA - 3
(d) Aesthetic, Authenticity, Condition, Historic, Integrity, Rarity, Representativeness, Scientific, Social, Official war Grave/Honouring Indigenous War grave.
(e) Some headstones were given more than one classification for retention
Congregational EA
Congregational FA
Aesthetic
16
13
Historical
5
Scientific
1
Social
10
6
Rarity
6
Representativeness
2
3
Condition
11
4
Integrity
6
Official War grave
6
13
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