Exhumation of old graves begins at Hobart private boys' school, amid measures to protect students from 'confronting scenes'
29-04-2024 21:30 via abc.net.au

Exhumation of old graves begins at Hobart private boys' school, amid measures to protect students from 'confronting scenes'

As work begins to find an unknown amount of old graves at a private boys' school built over an old cemetery, students and staff will be "protected from confronting scenes", the principal says.
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