Finding Roger Davies: how one sister’s search for her long-lost brother unearthed a state’s destitute burial failures

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Chantel Dubsky says she was never told where her brother was buried. His final resting place was found as part of a Guardian investigation</p><ul><li><p>Find more from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/unmarked-graves">Unmarked graves investigation</a> here</p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>In a quiet corner of Rookwood cemetery, a grassed walkway meanders between two rows of old headstones. There’s nothing conspicuous about the spot. The grass is kept freshly trimmed.</p><p>There is no sign to warn passersby to keep off the long stretch of green, and nothing to suggest what might lay beneath.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/11/roger-davies-unmarked-graves-investigation-communal-plot-paupers-grave-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>