Imagine finding the remains of 1,900 people under a school oval

Imagine finding the remains of 1,900 people under a school oval | 7.30

Imagine finding 1,900 bodies buried under a school oval.
That’s what happened when Hutchins School in Hobart recently began redeveloping its grounds.
It sparked what’s believed to be the biggest single exhumation project in Australia.
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