Eccentric Annie Bags remembered with memorial headstone 109 years after her death

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Eccentric north Queenslander Annie Bags has a headstone on her grave, 109 years after her death.

For the past year, historical tour guide Rod Jones from Raven Tours has been crowdfunding to get a memorial headstone made for Annie.Mr Jones said, after researching Annie's life for his historical tour, he was determined to keep her story alive."Then when we saw the gravesite was unmarked we thought we should do something about it.

"We thought we would love to get the community involved in this to remember her, and keep her story alive." Mr Jones's partner Cheryl Toms said as Annie's grave was unmarked it required some sleuthing, and she believed a bit of spiritual intervention helped to locate the exact plot. "I was walking around the graveyard yelling 'Annie! Annie Bags! Give me a sign, where are you?'," Ms Toms said.

"Rod was taking photos of two markers that were leaning up on a gravesite that was one over from her … I lifted it up and 'Annie Ferdinand' was on the back.

 

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