Studies on an underground crypt which opened up in an unmarked grave in Ipswichs General Cemetery have revealed the body of one of Queenslands first parliamentarians.
The body of 1860 West Moreton MP Joseph Fleming and his wife, Phoebe Fleming, have recently been identified in the very rare igloo-shaped underground burial crypt.
Mr Fleming was a member of the first Queensland Parliament, representing West Moreton from July 9, 1860 until November 3, 1862 and then again from September 11, 1866 until July 2, 1867.
The hole in the unmarked section of the Ipswich cemetery first appeared during a dro…
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