Another beautiful, tragic story of a musical legend who's contribution to the greatest era of Aussie rock/pop will never be forgotten. We have two legends of Aussie rock buried at Blackwoood now. Of course, Paul Hester is also there. I'm curious as to why Blackwood was chosen for Ross. It's a terrific service to Australian music that you've done this work to identify Ross' grave site. There's tension in the identification of where he lies and how, and there's three things that feed that tension. First is personal wishes. Many muso's are extremely talented and equally private. They do what they do because it's an intrinsic part of who they are. They don't necessarily do it, 'for the fans'. So, his unmarked grave could be an expression of his wishes. Secondly, pauper's graves are completely anonymous and tend not to be attended at funerals. I believe his was well-attended, so it could be personal wishes. Lastly, it could be 'family wishes'. Families can be quite protective of their famous members. They may have wanted his grave to be only accessible to them. There's no judgement there, of course. So, is it wrong to identify his grave site? I don't believe so, as long as it doesn't become a gaudy shrine for fans to start securing paraphenalia and inappropriate grave adornments that tarnish respectful memorialisation. So, my advice is that if you want to be a pilgrim to Ross' final resting place, leave nothing but your footprints and tears. Respect whoever made the decision to leave his final resting place anonymous. And thank you, Ross Hannaford.
How sad
Unmarkedgrave
Hanna
Wlll never forget him
Thank you for this video . Loved Ross and his music , i often listen to my Dianna’s Kiss album . Shame there is no headstone
Very nice post. Well done.
Thank you so much
Another beautiful, tragic story of a musical legend who's contribution to the greatest era of Aussie rock/pop will never be forgotten. We have two legends of Aussie rock buried at Blackwoood now. Of course, Paul Hester is also there. I'm curious as to why Blackwood was chosen for Ross. It's a terrific service to Australian music that you've done this work to identify Ross' grave site. There's tension in the identification of where he lies and how, and there's three things that feed that tension. First is personal wishes. Many muso's are extremely talented and equally private. They do what they do because it's an intrinsic part of who they are. They don't necessarily do it, 'for the fans'. So, his unmarked grave could be an expression of his wishes. Secondly, pauper's graves are completely anonymous and tend not to be attended at funerals. I believe his was well-attended, so it could be personal wishes. Lastly, it could be 'family wishes'. Families can be quite protective of their famous members. They may have wanted his grave to be only accessible to them. There's no judgement there, of course. So, is it wrong to identify his grave site? I don't believe so, as long as it doesn't become a gaudy shrine for fans to start securing paraphenalia and inappropriate grave adornments that tarnish respectful memorialisation. So, my advice is that if you want to be a pilgrim to Ross' final resting place, leave nothing but your footprints and tears. Respect whoever made the decision to leave his final resting place anonymous.
And thank you, Ross Hannaford.