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Families seek clarity about Wittenoom cemetery access after demolition of asbestos town

Tania Mlodawski’s grave is among those people want to keep visiting at Wittenoom. (Supplied)

Families whose loved ones are buried in the Wittenoom cemetery are demanding to know whether they will be able to visit the graves after the Western Australian asbestos ghost town is demolished.

The Pilbara town was the site of significant asbestos mining from the 1930s to 1966 and is being demolished by the state government to help deter people from visiting the highly contaminated site.

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