By Raquel Mustillo
AFTER six decades without a permanent memorial, a new headstone and grave marks the plot of former Mount Gambier woman Edna May Gordon.
A poignant memorial recently took place at Mount Gambier’s Lake Terrace Cemetery as Ms Gordon’s children remembered their mother who was laid to rest in a ‘paupers grave’ after suddenly dying at 42 years old.
The occasion was one of mixed emotions for the family, who were placed into state care following the death of their mother in November 1957 due to being illegitimate children.
Newspaper reports at the time said the children, who ranged from two to 10 years of age, claimed the family had “practically no clothing” and were found with “a man who had been living with their mother”.