The cemetery where the dead are buried by people who never knew them

The cemetery where the dead are buried by people who never knew them | ABC Australia

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Each year, hundreds of people without family or next of kin are buried in country Victoria by volunteers who never knew them.
When someone dies and no next of kin can be found - or no-one volunteers to pay for a burial - State Trustees becomes responsible.
Since 2007, Old Ballan Cemetery is one of several locations in Victoria which State Trustees has been using to inter the people who, even in death, have nowhere else to go.
Video by Rhiannon Stevens
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@SoundOfOceanBlue 5 ай бұрын

When it is my time to go I have no family to bury me. I am more than happy to give all my earthly possessions and my house if only someone would be kind enough to take care of my last wishes.

@johnbarry8283 5 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure that if you state what you want in your will and have enough resources there’s plenty of places that would honor your wishes, the people featured are wards of the state, I signed my father over to nsw at the time I didn’t have money to care/bury him and nsw gov was kind enough to cremate and send his ashes in a nice box to me after his death without charge just be careful advertising your situation my friend as there’s lots of organisations that after your $ and not your wishes

@siciliaussieguy 5 ай бұрын

I will. Move to Leeton NSW where we are a caring community

@AhJodie 5 ай бұрын

@SoundOfOceanBlue Hello. It is important you let someone know what your last wishes are. You could write them and keep it somewhere, so people see it easily, like in your wallet or on your wall. Love to you!

@lis819 5 ай бұрын

Same here…

@LowejaDogs 5 ай бұрын

Isnt it rather sad this type of situation. I feel for you. If your last wishes are about your possessions and house, a lawyer and a will can take care of that. Even perhaps leaving in your will your possessions to somewhere like the Salvation Army, I am sure they would collect your stuff and take it and sell it. It will take someone to clean up your house to sell as well. It all depends on your last wishes but a lawyer would make a good start and a will. God Bless and I wish you well wherever you live.

@JustMoi7882 5 ай бұрын

Thankyou to the volunteers at the old Ballan cemetery for the kindness and respect that you have shown to these poor people.

@paulsheather7657 5 ай бұрын

I think these people are doing a wonderful service to the community.

@dancer20617 5 ай бұрын

That's very sad that these poor souls pass away alone. Thank you for giving them a respectful burial. Bless you ❤

@sandfly60 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou for looking after them and giving them dignity.

@connieembury1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you to the people who volunteer their time to give dignity to those who have no one to care.

@alank616 5 ай бұрын

Thank you to the kind people involved for their efforts in laying to rest those who have departed , The folks involved have my absolute respect . 🇦🇺

@TimD-ny6ks 5 ай бұрын

What a beautiful service these people give

@birgittabirgersdatter8082 5 ай бұрын

Good to see that everyone can be treated with dignity at the end.

@tessie2012 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful story and thank you for the care you take for these australians. May they RIP.

@phillipsmith4501 4 ай бұрын

So happy to see that someone still cares

@motodigitalvideo 5 ай бұрын

It's good that these people who probably had difficult lives are treated with dignity in the end.

@LorettaGrace-kf7kh 5 ай бұрын

That's a beautiful story. So sad that someone could die and no relative or friend can be found, but at least they are laid to rest with dignity. 🙏

@clarebear6736 5 ай бұрын

Thank you to everyone involved.

@margaretkobier 5 ай бұрын

This is an act of love and respect

@indigocheetah4172 5 ай бұрын

None of us know what is in the future. Thank you for treating people with dignity. May they rest in peace.

@AnnieBooker 3 ай бұрын

Bless them for caring and doing this. It’s awful that there are so many

@scottlewisparsons9551 4 ай бұрын

I have never given this issue a thought! Thank you for the informative video. All the best from Sydney.

@timbrown8581 5 ай бұрын

All I can say is, Thank You!

@runnyhunny786 5 ай бұрын

They seem like nice good hearted people that carry out these funerals anyhow. A way better alternative to perhaps having cold hearted unloving relatives standing around awaiting your burial because one tiny inner voice said to them " at least you should attend - even if you don't care to ".

@tawnydi 5 ай бұрын

What a beautiful story, but how sad. At least there is dignity in the resting place of these poor people. 💐💐

@debbie8930 5 ай бұрын

THANKYOU FOR CARING FOR THOSE PEOPLE, GREAT JOB :}

@reneedennis2011 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video.

@pw8970 5 ай бұрын

What amazing thing you guys do. 👏👏

@LordDustinDeWynd 5 ай бұрын

Most war cemeteries are like this, people being buried by strangers.

@catfishevans6546 4 ай бұрын

They are doing an awesomely good thing. God bless them !!✝️🙏

@BonafideGail 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@pgstudio4651 5 ай бұрын

God Bless them all.

@katewebber1131 5 ай бұрын

Found my mothers grave , she was buried with many others in a single grave. After I found it I wanted to put a plaque or stone, but it would not be fair to all the others buried with her. 😢😢

@ireneaustin8330 5 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤❤❤

@bigdoug1558 5 ай бұрын

Doing wonderful job.

@FrazerGoodman 5 ай бұрын

Respect

@Rosie05610 5 ай бұрын

How very sad and heartbreaking, may they all 🌹🌹RIP 🌹🌹

@jonkirk1309 5 ай бұрын

I was a gravedigger and we buried a few pauper burials usually on the edge of the cemetery I worked in. I did not know 99% of the people I buried. Sometimes it is very hard to find a paupers grave. There would be only myself, a co-worker and the funeral director attending the burial. Very sad occasions...

@darrynjones325 5 ай бұрын

Great people ❤

@SusanA1056 4 ай бұрын

Death with dignity. What a wonderful story.

@lorrainestafford3809 5 ай бұрын

How cool is that😊

@Shaolin91z 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Lord for your peace Thanks Lord for your salvation Psalm 23

@melfisher1683 4 ай бұрын

If I lived down under, I'd end up in this place.

@tracesprite6078 5 ай бұрын

That is sad but interesting. Lonely lives and lonely deaths.

@TallTony27 5 ай бұрын

What a wonderful idea.

@heatherbaker8596 5 ай бұрын

What a special thing to do. It would be good if more cemetery trusts did this, unfortunately most of them seem to care more about money than people.

@whiteshark0000 5 ай бұрын

So many people that no one cares about or knows.They were people who when they were alive we walked right past on the street looking the other way.

@FieldDay-cj3tv 5 ай бұрын

New dead guy 'where am i' Out friends ' good to see you back again welcome to the new family '

@Neklar 5 ай бұрын

The state can't give them a cheap & standardised headstone?

@juliej5917 4 ай бұрын

Sad, very sad.

@smimtiaz4556 3 ай бұрын

Ameen

@NenneSez 5 ай бұрын

this is weird, where did all teh comments go, including mine??

@chloeew4627 5 ай бұрын

Generally caused by a complete family breakdown . Sad but is becoming more common.

@safiremorningstar 4 ай бұрын

In the Old testament somebody who buries another specifically somebody who has no one else to bury them and nowhere else to be buried is considered doing literally a great service literally it goes who is guaranteed heaven, one who Dowers abride, one who buries the Dead... Is actually doesn't translate as heaven but as the world to come but somebody who does that is considered as being guaranteed. How much more so since they volunteer to do this.

@cgray8267 5 ай бұрын

Very sad 😢! Put those silly family arguments aside , that no will remember in 25 years and enjoy each other while you can.

@olivier8264 5 ай бұрын

a cross marks the place, humble ending

@earlr9381 5 ай бұрын

Revelation 21:4 "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

@timhinchcliffe5372 5 ай бұрын

Probably where I'll end up.

@julianaylor4351 5 ай бұрын

More dignity than is sometimes afforded to Brits in the same situation....take note, UK local authorities

@martingallagher1780 5 ай бұрын

It's nice to see these people treated with respect. I wonder, though, if their families might be perturbed by the default 'Christian' lean to the proceedings.