Robert Muggeridge’s aunt, Gladys Muggeridge, was a patient at Waterfall Sanatorium for six years until she died at the age of nineteen and was buried in the cemetery in 1927. Robert would like to see the cemetery restored and open so families can visit the graves of their relatives.

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Keywords

Waterfall – Sanatorium – Garrawarra – Cemetery – Tuberculosis – Headstones – Families – Goulburn – English Migrants – Salvation Army Sponsored – TB screening – Fairy Meadow

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Robert’s Photo Album

Robert Muggeridge

P20859 – Waterfall (General) Garrawarra Cemetery. This cemetery was used from 1909 to 1949 as a burial site for over 2000 tuberculosis patients from the nearby Waterfall State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis.