The Fairlands Cemetery.

I only spotted this cemetery by accident one day on my way home from work. It is situated on the corner of Still and Johannes Street in fairlands. It was opened in 1914 but is closed for new burials but selected graves can be opened or re-opened on request.
The cemetery can be found on Google Earth at 26° 7'17.13"S   27°57'16.75"E Or Download the KMZ File




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The real puzzler in the Fairlands cemetery area is found on the bend of Still Str, behind a very battered palisade fence. I used to ride past it every day and I often wondered whether it wasn't a cemetery too. I stopped there to have a look and discovered that it was, albeit a very delapidated one and in dire need of attention. About a month after my visit, the fence was repaired, and after doing some digging I found that a register does exist for the Fairlands Cemetery, and it should hold the names of the people buried here too. There are not a lot of marked stones there, but am I sure that many people are buried in what looks like a bare stretch of fenced in veldt
The Fairlands African Cemetery can be found on Google Earth at 26° 7'15.14"S   27°57'12.55"E Or Download the KMZ File




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©DR Walker. 1995-2012, Updated 6 July 2011. Panoramas resized 20 September 2011.