Photo: Local historian Angie Little with a cross dedicated to lawman John Mitchell, who was shot by bushrangers in 1885. Ms Little said she will plant it in Pioneer Cemetary once new boundary fencing is complete.
Fence posts have gone in the ground to protect Coonamble's old cemetery on Auburn Street.
Self-described "cemetery enthusiast" Angie Little said the timber and wire fence around the cemetery boundaries will help keep out animals and foster respect for the 611 people buried there.
"It's a place of remembrance," Mrs . . .
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