Investigation of unmarked graves at Drybread Cemetery shifts to new stage
A gravestone at the Drybread Cemetery in Central Otago. Photo: RNZ / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes The month-long excavation finished earlier in December. Drybread, north of Alexandra, was an 1860s gold rush settlement. The cemetery dates back to that time, but is still in use today and the fear that future planned burial plots may already contain remains led to the excavation. The dig's co-director, Professor Hallie Buckley, said 12 graves were exhumed including six Chinese people and two infants. Professor Hallie Buckley. Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown "We were able to identify two of the Chinese people f...
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