Suburban Focus heads to the East Perth Cemeteries this week.

About 200 bodies from the Presbyterian and Chinese cemeteries are being removed and re-interred at Karakatta Cemetery as part of a development on the old Perth Girls School lot.

National Trust WA chief executive officer Julian Donaldson explores the historical significance of these burials and other stories from the East Perth Cemeteries.

We also learnt you can search the burial listings for your family on the East Perth Cemeteries website.

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