9.4 MARTINSVILLE PIONEER CEMETERY
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Action
Priority
1
Views and vistas: Maintain bushland boundaries. If expansion into currently unused portions of the cemetery is proposed, it is important to retain the bushland buffer.
High
2
Landscape, vegetation, gardens and plantings: Undertake weeding, mowing and regular maintenance.
High
Responsibility
Remove dead branches and invasive weeds on the perimeter. Discourage the establishment of personal gardens outside designated burial allotments. 3
Headstones and grave furniture: Source funding for conservation works on older headstones.
Moderate
4
Significant graves: Source funding to undertake conservation works.
High
Transcribe inscription on the grave of Sarah Barnes and investigate stabilizing the sandstone surface. Consider creating a kerb around the grave to define the space. 5
Unmarked burials: Consider a GPR study, if warranted to identify unmarked graves.
Low
6
Gates and fences: Regular maintenance. Improve entrance to expedite turning off Martinsville Road. Gravel or seal parking area.
Low
7
Signage: Provide additional denomination/ row # signage at end of each row. Provide cemetery plan adjacent to the front gate. Install heritage interpretation sign/s. Install roadside Martinsville Cemetery sign to show location.
High
8
Heritage interpretation: Develop and install accurate, informative, engaging heritage interpretation sign/s.
Moderate
9
Environmental factors: Maintenance plans to include removal of hazardous trees and undergrowth, grass regularly mown in highrisk seasons.
High
10
‘Friends of’: Encourage groups to advance heritage research on interments. Assist in grounds and memorial maintenance working under National Trust Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation.
Moderate
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