Stories from the past - Katrine, Western Australia

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There are a number of graves at the small, historic church which we visited recently. Simeon Vivieash donated land for the church in 1861 and many of his descendants are buried there. One grave commemorates Barbara Mary Viveash (1931-2019). Part of the inscription reads ‘A life defined by her love of fine merinos and kelpie dogs. WA’s first professional female wool-classer’. Her gravestone is top left of the collage. Another plaque (top right) mentions that there are a number of unnamed and unmarked graves in the vicinity and includes a list of names of some of those believed to be buried nearby. Another small sign mentions Two World War I soldiers and a plaque (lower left) beneath an Aleppo pine (Pinus brutia) says it is a second-generation pine grown from a pine cone brought back from Lone Pine in Gallipoli, Turkey. The Battle of Lone Pine has great significance for the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who fought there. The final photo is of some fungi which was growing under the olive trees leading to the church.