GREAT Lakes Council is appealing to the public for information about Willow Point Cemetery.
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The council hopes to develop a conservation plan of management for its heritage cemeteries, including Willow Point near Failford.
However, Lyndie Hepple, the council’s community services officer, said help was needed by Great Lakes residents to find out more about history behind the cemetery.
‘‘We have limited information about the site and know that there are many unmarked graves in the cemetery,’’ Ms Hepple said.
‘‘We’re appealing to members of the public who might have information to contact us.’’
The cemetery is in bushland between Nabiac and the Wallamba River. It was used for about 30 years at the end of the 1800s. Access to the cemetery was by boat, across the river from Tuncurry.
To access the cemetery today, a four-wheel-drive vehicle is needed and it is completely inaccessible in wet weather.
Ms Hepple said the council believed there are descendants of some Great Lakes’ pioneers buried in the cemetery who still live in the area.
‘‘If anyone has any records, letters, photographs or anecdotal information about the cemetery, or the pioneers who are buried at the site, we’d love to hear from them,’’ Ms Hepple said.
‘‘If possible, we’d like permission to copy those records and photographs.’’
Anyone with information can phone 6591 7222.