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From: "Alice Erickson" <>
Subject: Language mystery, headstone of John WALSH, d 1859
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:41:54 +1000

Hullo list - Our group is working on Isolated Graves in our area. We have
just found one for the following -

John WALSH, 9 Nov 1859, 51yrs

Anecdotal info says he was probably a convict. He was a shepherd in the
foothills of the Warrumbungles who rarely went to town, lived as a hermit.

Does anyone have connections?

We will research some of this but one thing we don't know where to start on
is a language used on his headstone. The transcription is

wnopepal tedroislue

I wondered if this might be Welsh or Gaelic?? Could anyone give us any
leads? TIA Alice.

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