Who we are: Saving Family Headstones at Karrakatta
In May 2017, Carolyn Trigwell founded the Saving Family Headstones at Karrakatta (SFH@K) Facebook group. Eight years on, we now have more than 6,500 members and continue to mount an active campaign against the redevelopment program at Karrakatta Cemetery — also known as “Cemetery Renewal”.
In addition to the private group, we have a public Facebook page on which we regularly share information and updates.
We also have a blog which you can access here. You can subscribe to our blog using this form:
Contact us
To get in touch with us, you can:
- Message via our Facebook page
- Message via our Find a Grave page
- Send an email to mail@savingkarrakatta.com
or fill out the following contact form:
Some things you can do to help
As well as joining our Facebook group, you can help our campaign by doing some of these things:
- Write a formal complaint to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
- Contact your local member of the WA Parliament
- Contact the Premier, the Hon Roger Cook MLA
- Contact the Minister for Local Government, the Hon Hannah Beazley MLA
- Contact the Minister for Heritage, the Hon Simone McGurk MLA
- Contact other government Ministers.
Update your details for family graves
It is crucial that you lodge your contact details and request specific information for all family graves. The MCB is responsible for all public cemeteries in Perth, including Karrakatta, Fremantle, Pinnaroo, Guildford, Midland, Rockingham and Gnangara Aboriginal Cemetery. The MCB can be contacted by:
- Email: mcb@mcb.wa.gov.au
- Online: www.wa.gov.au/media/46910
- Post: PO Box 53, CLAREMONT WA 6910
- Phone: (+61) 1300 793 109.
It is strongly recommended that you get all communications in writing.
If you have loved ones buried in cemeteries outside of Perth, please get in contact with their management, which is usually the local council.
SFH@K members standing by the grave of Private James Hill Stobo, which was later redeveloped in August 2020.