School told to find and exhume graves ahead of planned development

A Catholic school in Tasmania has been given the go-ahead to proceed with development plans that would see new facilities built over a former cemetery site. The decision comes after a government department officially declared the area "not a cemetery." This ruling allows the school to move forward with its construction plans without the requirement to locate and exhume any potential graves.

This decision impacts the potential discovery and respectful handling of historical burial sites in favor of educational infrastructure development.