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'Adelaide's west terrace Cemetery has its share of famous residents, not all of them human. The sell-out release of the cemetery's own boutique olive oil, grown on site, has drawn attention to the established groves of olive trees that populate the grounds of the city's most visible burial place. These trees, like the cemetery itself, date from the mid-nineteenth century, a time when death was not something to hide but was incorporated into the everyday lives of the living. The siting of a cemetery on a prime arterial road of the growing city suggested to its citizens that the past would remain visible, but in a settled, eulogistic form. The olive trees, in turn, spoke of the future, with their potential to live for thousands of years. They flower and fruit, and flower and fruit, on and on, silent sentinels over the dead.' (Publication abstract)
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