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Current News
Quarterly Journal
Our new quarterly issue of our Mallee Stump journal is now available, see more information on our journal and other publications on our Publications page.
Grave photos
Photos of individual grave sites are now available. To find out how to order a photo or make a Research Request see our Membership page.
BillionGraves
A future project is to add the Wyalong Cemetery burial index to the website BillionGraves. Watch this page for more information.
Members' Interests
The members' interests page has been updated, to find your possible family connections, see our Members page.
Upcoming Events
November Picnic Meeting - Tallimba and Yalgogrin
Our members will be holding a picnic lunch on November 5th 2022, at Tallimba Cemetery to see the progress of the refurbishment of the cemetery. We will also be updating the cemetery's burial records.
After lunch we will be visitng the old Yalgogrin Cemetery.
All Welcome to attend. Please don't forget to bring your own lunch and a chair. We will advertise in the local paper and on our Facebook page, the time and meeting place.
Ungarie 150th Anniversary Celebrations
Current and former Ungarians, along with family, friends and those with an appreciation for history, community and a good time will gather on September 10-11 to celebrate the town's 150th Anniversary.
For more information visit their Facebook Ungarie's 150 Year Celebrations page.
Current Projects
Cemetery Maintenance
We are currently working on updating the numerous cemeteries in our district
Our objectives are simple but require a lot of time, work and some physical effort.
Improving the cemeteries requires the following tasks:
- Researching possible burials in the cemetery.
- Identifying all possible burials.
- Identifying the burial section.
- Finding the exact burial plot, though this is not always possible.
- Clearing and cleaning the site.
- Raising funds for a memorial wall which will contain the list of burials where the exact plot is unknown.
- Supervising the creation of the individual plaques.
- Supervising the installation of the memorial.
Due to legal issues we are unable to undertake any restorations, so we rely on family members of those interred to undertake this work.
If you would like to help, please contact us, or visit our Facebook page for more information. We also advertise any upcoming work on our local radio stations, newspapers and in our journal.
How you can help today
Unmarked Graves
With our ongoing projects connected to the Wyalong Cemetery and "Tales from the Grave" books, we continue to notice numerous unmarked graves in several sections of the cemetery.
Do you have an ancestor buried here? Does their grave remain unmarked?
If you need any assistance in finding out, or putting a plaque in place, please contact us. We can help.
Wyalong District
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
The Wyalong district was first explored by immigrants in 1817, and the first squatters settled in 1833. The area quickly changed after the discovery of gold in 1893, resulting in a centralised settlement where today you will find history, art and industry intertwined.
The area is full of fascinating stories, and even though it is located far from the capital cities and coastlines of Australia, it still plays a significant role in Australia's history.
Wyalong District, in the Bland Shire, provides research for the collective of towns that surround the central townships of Wyalong and West Wyalong. The towns included in our research services and archives are:
- Alleena
- Back Creek
- Barmedman
- Bellarwi
- Bena
- Billys Lookout
- Blow Clear
- Buddigower
- Burcher
- Calleen
- Girral
- Gubbata
- Kikoira
- Lake Cowal
- Mallee Plains
- Marsden
- Mirrool
- Morangarell
- Naradhan
- Tallimba
- Ungarie
- Wargin
- Weethalle
- Wyalong
- West Wyalong
- Yalgogrin North
- Yalgogrin South
- Yiddah
