Wednesday 17 August 2022 07:43 AM Group of 16 offenders clean up Broken Hill Cemetery as part of their community ... trends now
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Stories abound at the Broken Hill cemetery, the final resting place for legendary artists, miners, and victims of historic epidemics.
Now people serving sentences for minor crimes are finding stories of their own, as they clean up the vast NSW outback cemetery left scarred by the drought and heavy rain.
A group of 16 offenders work three days a week, pulling weeds, tidying graves and preparing burial sites at the 133-year-old cemetery as part of their community service.
A group of 16 offenders from Broken Hill Community Corrections work three days a week at Broken Hill Cemetery as part of their community service (pictured)
The offenders, who were sentenced for minor crimes, are tasked with pulling weeds, tidying graves
