STROLL through the Griffith Cemetery and you will get a sense of the beautiful, caring people who call the city home.
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The cemetery is a sea of colour, with flowers, sporting team flags, photos, trinkets and other mementos lining the immaculately kept graves.
The attention to detail makes it all the more distressing that graves have been desecreated in recent months.
I took a stroll through the cemetery with photographer Anthony Stipo to admire the dedication and effort of residents who do everything they can to ensure their dearly departed loved ones know they are still in their hearts.
Grandiose statues, simple, tasteful crosses and touching verses are common place among the graves adorned with angels, messages from loved ones and even the odd colouring-in.
The family mausoleums are immaculately kept, with marble walls and floors, assortments of flowers, candles, photos and messages.
“We have loved him in life, let us not forget him in death,” reads one verse.
The grave of A Lawford from the Royal Austalian Artillery tugs at the heartstrings, with the man dying on June 6, 1942 at the age of 18, presumably fighting for his country.
Another marble headstone of a woman who died at the age of 33 is adorned with the simple yet powerful words “Erected by her loving husband and son”.