Edi Upper Cemetery

The Edi Upper Cemetery is located a few kilometres south of Edi on the Edi-Cheshunt Road (i.e. on the road to Edi Upper). In reality it is a lot closer to Edi than to Edi Upper. This cemetery appears to be on private property. According to  the Road Numbering System, the entrance of the property where the graves are located is 263 Edi-Cheshunt Rd. The exact location has the following co-ordinates: 59 42060 Northing, 554 49850 Easting, or latitude/longitude of 146.438 East and 36.665 South

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GEORGE HENRY WOOD died Feb 1904 aged 24 yrs SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JACK BOOKLESS WHO DIED JULY 30TH 1890 AGED 6 YEARS ERECTED BY HIS LOVING SISTERS & BROTHERS   OUR LITTLE BROTHER HAS PASSED AWAY HIS DAYS WERE SHORT WHILE HERE HE STAYED AND THOUGH HE LIES BENEATH THE CLAY FROM US HIS MEMORY NEVER SHALL FADE MARGARET BOOKLESS formaly [sic] Mrs WOOD died Nov 1903 - 69 yrs mother of JACK & GEORGE H ALFRED STAFF born Aug 6 - 1908 died Aug 10 - 1908

The above three graves are grouped in a single enclosure. 70 metres away to the north east is the following stone.
 

Nearby, outside the fenced off area, are three bases (only one shown) and a capstone are laying on the ground indicating the possibility of existence of other graves

Travel on towards Edi Upper but turn east into Pettifers Rd after passing the tennis courts. Three to four kilometres further on (about 2 km before reaching the Carboor Upper Rd) and a little before you reach the forested area and on the right hand side about 100 metres into the paddock in a North Easterly direction, there is a lone grave consisting of a rough stone with plaque attached beside a wooden cross. The location of the nearest point on the road is: 59 39470 Northing, 554 54800 Easting, or latitude/longitude of 146.499 East and 36.689 South.

The above plaque reads
WILLIAM (BILL) SHIELDS
pioneer settler
born Kirkbythore England 16. 8. 1828
died Edi 12. 6 1888
At peace in Gods care
 

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Last updated on 01 September 2021