Grave concerns: Sydney cemeteries to run out of space in three years, forcing merger

Muslim and Orthodox communities have only a few years until their allocated spaces in crown cemeteries are full

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Three years is all some Orthodox and Muslim communities have left before their allocated grave space in Sydney's crown cemeteries is filled.

And the Eastern Orthodox faith, which includes Greek Orthodox, will run out of grave space in four and a half years.

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