JF Archibald's grave cleanup

Jules Francois Archibald (founder and editor of The Bulletin) was a vitally important part of Australian literary history. It is good to see that yesterday his grave was restored as it had fallen into disrepair after 82 years.

It's about time, as this man gave Australia so much. He reposes at Sydney's Waverley Cemetery, near Henry Lawson, Lawrence Hargrave, Mary Gilmore and many other famous Australians.

There is another fascinating tale about a grave restoration at Waverley Cemetery. It involves the grave of Henry Kendall, and the efforts of Henry Lawson's mother Louisa Lawson, 'Mother of Womanhood Suffrage', to make a fitting monument for that great poet -- but there is a twist. I tell that yarn here.

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