Decided to go over to old Rabaul Town and check out the excavation of the old Chinese Cemetery. After several eruptions in the past 80 years and especially the big one in 1994, the old cemetery under the caldera of Tavuvur is well, getting covered in ash.
So an exhumation has been called for to re-raise the headstones.
The bodies which once were 6ft under in some cases were 15ft under. This was one of the deepest.
@snowflakes86@agentzuckerguss@carolmw - I was quite impressed with the size of the undertaking and they've naturally dug up some interesting problems along their way.
Fascinating cemetery photo and story. I would love to see this place. In the USA, thousands of Chinese immigrated to work on building railroads and mining. The death rate was appalling, and after a couple of years the survivors dug up the bones in many cemeteries and shipped them back to China. I have found Chinese graveyards in ghost towns that had a row of open graves being slowly reclaimed by nature.
@swilde - their family do.
@rvwalker - might see if there is room for a wider shot...