was the first to be buried in Cedar Lawn, a new area of Woronora. Because he was so young, and so alone in the middle of the empty field, others have opted to bury their relatives next to him. ''A lot of people want to be close to Demir, because he was the first one here,'' said his aunt Maria Vella. They also found it comforting to think of the old being close to the young. An 83-year-old called Harry is buried next to Demir because his grandaughter wanted him to ''look after Demir''. Julie Power

The White Christmas Christmas in Antarctica: On hold, for their ship's coming in Postponing Christmas: Anthony Hull. Photo: Colin Cosier Anthony Hull, the leader of the Casey Antarctic station, affectionately calls himself ''theresupply be late next season. About 850,000 litres of fuel will be pumped to the station for vehicles and equipment.

The station's supply officer, Ken Tilley, said the station had recently run out of a few staples such as potatoes, onions, lamb chops and paper towels. Full- cream milk powder supply was "teetering on the edge". But there was still plenty of frozen fish, ice-cream and broad beans. A resupplied Casey will stage its Christmas celebrations in early January - although the Christmas tree and decorations have been up for a week. Mr Hull said residents had known since October that resupply would occur over Christmas, and most people had accepted the situation. Nicky Phillips