Cemeteries relocated for Badgerys Creek airport, but medium worried spirits will stay put and haunt flyers
MEDIUM Janine Louise has spoken to the spirits about relocating the bodies at two cemeteries in Badgerys Creek and she said there could be some problems.
MEDIUM Janine Louise has spoken to the spirits about relocating the bodies at two cemeteries in Badgerys Creek and there could be some issues.
Even if the spirits choose to go willingly, there would still be residual energy around the old sites, Miss Louise has warned.
And the longer a person is buried there, the more fermented the energy is. Some of the headstones date back 100 years.
The bodies will be exhumed to make way for the airport, as previously reported in the Liverpool Leader.
Residual energy is left at sites of emotionally-charged locations like burials and crime scenes.
“It gets heavier. And the more bodies buried there, the denser the energy gets, especially at a burial plot,” she said.
Already people have declared they won’t be flying in or out of the airport when it opens, fearing it might transform into a scene from 1982’s Poltergeist.
In the movie, the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house, then they turn nasty and start terrorising the family.
“If you disturb them and they don’t like it, they can make things happen,” she said.
Miss Louise said if the energy wants to, it could easily disturb transit.
“It’s been known to happen time and time again,” she said.
“If they don’t want you there, they’ll tell you and show you.”
Miss Louise said there was no guaranteed ritual that could be done to rid the area of the residual energy.
“If a soul has made a decision, regardless of the living having all the power, it doesn’t mean they (the spirits) need to follow.”
Plans for rail links connecting western Sydney to Badgerys Creek and CBD will be the west’s ‘Harbour Bridge’.
She said there were some spirits who would be OK about being relocated.
“It wouldn’t bother them to be relocated because their soul is already released,” she said.
“But for some, Badgerys Creek is where they’ve chosen to be buried.”
Miss Louise said the best way to move forward at the site was to have a medium visit, to let the spirits know what is going to happen and get their permission.
And the unmarked graves that could be uncovered, she said the intention to be buried there existed, so the residual energy is the same.
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“One’s residual energy is different, depending on the person, their age, beliefs, culture,” she said.
“A person’s feelings, emotions and experiences are all different, so too is the energy. You can feel the experience of that person’s life.”
RESIDUAL ENERGY
■ Residual energy is left at the site of emotionally-charged locations ie. burial, crime scenes
■ It is leftover energy that leaves an imprint on the world
■ As a result, you can feel things, experience feelings or something more physical ie. a headache or pain
WHAT THE RELATIVES THINK
Graves in two cemeteries will be dug up to make way for Badgerys Creek airport.
Relatives of those buried spoke to the Leader and all have the same sentiment — the colonial history of the area must be preserved and it must be done in a respectful way.
Elizabeth Shadlow’s late husband’s relative is buried at one of the Pitt St cemeteries — Thomas Shadlow.
“Our history is slowly being eroded. It is often overlooked and undervalued. We need to look after history better than we do,” she said.
“Relocating the graves is unfortunately part of progress and it’s really sad. If there was a way of fighting it, I would.”
Thomas Shadlow was a farmer of livestock and crops. He died of natural causes in his late 80s.
His remains are at Badgerys Creek — there are two cemeteries — Badgerys Creek Uniting Church and St John’s Anglican Church. Both sites have been closed to new burials since the 1990s when the Federal Government acquired the land.
A Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development spokesman said Pitt St would be zoned commercial use until it is needed for aviation purposes as the airport grows.
The department is responsible for the planning of Badgerys Creek, including the airport.
“Relocation of the cemeteries will be carried out in accordance with a Cemeteries Relocation Management Plan which is currently being developed,” the spokesman said.
The plan will set out the process for grave sites to be exhumed.
It is likely the 45 Anglican graves, some of which date back to 1912, will be moved to St James’ Anglican Church at Luddenham. The Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW and ACT confirmed it is working with the department.
A church spokeswoman told media the remains would be reburied at the Luddenham Uniting Church.
Luddenham residents are expected to be ‘worst hit’ by airport noise.
“The cemetery hasn’t been maintained well since the mid-80s, so it’d be nice for them to go to a site that is looked after.” - Descendant
A descendant of eight relatives in the St John’s Anglican Church cemetery found out about the bodies being relocated after the Liverpool Leader’s recent story.
“My great grandparents are buried there, along with other family members,” she said.
“My grandfather, when he was alive, was approached by the government back in the 1960s to have their bodies relocated.
“He told the government if they paid for it, they could do it.”
The descendant said she didn’t mind the bodies being relocated.
“As long as they’re treated with the respect they deserve,” she said.
“The cemetery hasn’t been maintained well since the mid-80s, so it’d be nice for them to go to a site that is looked after.”
The final decision on where the bodies are relocated to is being managed in consultation with relatives, churches and state authorities, to ensure work is done in a sensitive and respectful manner.
“Every effort is being made to contact relatives before any work begins,” a Department spokesman said.
Relocation works will not commence until after the environmental impact statement is finalised. It is on public exhibition until December 18. For details visit westernsydneyairport.gov.au.
IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE
Cemeteries have been relocated on a number of occasions, including:
■ CENTRAL STATION, aka Devonshire St Cemetery, Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery; Closed to new burials in 1867. Bodies relocated in 1901 to Bunnerong, Gore Hill, Crows Nest, Rookwood, Waverley, Balmain, Camperdown, Randwick and South Head; Relocated so central railway station could be built
■ SYDNEY TOWN HALL, aka The Old Sydney Burial Ground, George St Burial Ground, Cathedral Close Cemetery and the Town Hall Cemetery; In 1869, part of the site was given to the City of Sydney to build Sydney Town Hall; Bones were found as recently as 2007; A burial list has been collated, more than 2000 names are on it
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