APLA has a project endeavouring to provide headstones to pioneering prospectors graves that are only recognisable by a number or not at all. APLA in conjunction with the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society are researching and locating unmarked graves of pioneering prospectors and if possible would erect more memorials.

The project was started by APLA member Chris Hake and the first Grave to be restored was that of Henry Gilbert Swincer also known as "Lucky Harry".

Lucky Harry's grave in the Boulder cemetery was only recognisable by a cast iron number for the past 82 years and was blessed with a proper monument erected by the Eastern Goldfields branch of APLA. A rededication ceremony was held on the 12th of May 2002.

Lucky Harry Swincer was a pioneering prospector in the Eastern Goldfields and the quartz headstone was taken from Lake Yindarlgooda not far from the pioneering trail to Kurnalpi which Lucky Harry and his mates would have known well back in 1894. The quartz and ironstone theme was likened to the claims Lucky Harry worked.

Chris Hake thanked APLA Secretary Lindsay Stockdale for the many days of effort that he put into the project and for his building expertise and Lucky Harry Swincer's descendants also thanked APLA for honouring his his pioneering efforts.

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