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It's still spooky season, so Josie tells Mel all about the graves that weren't deleted from Devonshire St cemetery - and how they just went ahead and built Central Station on top of them anyway.
Wine pairing: Extremely alcoholic Take It To Your Grave Pinot Noir in a can.
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Credits:
Past Lives of the Near Future https://pastlivesofthenearfuture.com/2013/06/27/devonshire-street-cemeterycentral-station-sydney-nsw/
State Library of NSW exhibition from 2019 called Dead Central https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/dead-central
Sydney Morning Herald article 2019 by Julie Power https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/dead-central-30-000-buried-under-sydney-train-station-20190523-p51qb2.html
Sydney Morning Herald article 2015 by Tim Barlass https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-ghost-platforms-at-central-station-a-haunting-feature-of-sydney-open-weekend-20151008-gk40my.html
News.com.au by Benedict Brook https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/the-gruesome-secrets-lying-beneath-sydneys-central-station/news-story/98030ec27a67086589997119a8a1055b
ABC News article by Michelle Brown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/sydney-metro-construction-unearths-160-yo-grave/11244148
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Street_Cemetery
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