The Polish Refugee Camp in Abercorn. This photo shows that the concrete memorial with Polish Eagle insignia was in the centre of a small round-about. Is this the same memorial that could be seen in the 1950s a few yards south of the new water tower?
Polish school girls at the Abercorn Camp in their national dress. Courtesy Kresy-Siberia Foundation.
The entrance to the old walled cemetery on the side of the hill overlooking Lake Chila. In Colonial times this was reserved for European burials. Note the left hand wall appears to have been rebuilt although a bush fire run through the site.
The old walled cemetery showing the Polish graves and the remains of those of other residents. Sadly a bush fire had swept though the site. Poto courtesy Professor Hubert Chudzio, from the Pedagogue University in Cracow Poland.
The Polish section of the old Abercorn walled cemetery. Courtesy: Professor Hubert Chudzio, from the Pedagogue University in Cracow Poland. Helena Sowka named on the first headstone in the photo died having her tonsils removed, she was given too much anaesthetic and never came around. Information from Sofie Wood her great neice.
The Polish Eagle on the grave of a refugee. Photo courtesy of Professor Hubert Chudzio, from the Pedagogue University in Cracow Poland.
A Polish girl enjoys the delights of Lake Chila from the rocks at the source of the Lucheche stream. Courtesy Kresy-Siberia foundation.
See thier website in the link section.