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Catholic Cemetery in 2016, which is residing next to the public Axedale Remembrance Park on Cemetery Road, Axedale. The distinguishing look to this cemetery from their neighbour Axedale Remembrance Park is that there are old stone fences featured and all around the site in this cemetery.
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flooding the course all the time, the
Axedale Golf Club had competitions each winter weekend throughout the years. In 1973, the club was upgraded as well as in 1996, it was transformed to 18 holes with grass greens. Present day, the Axedale Golf Club has a membership of more than 450 people.
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