QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES

The Queensland State Archives holds the older records of 25 Cemetery Trusts within Queensland. Some of these records include burial registers and registers of graves. These can be identified through the Archives' catalogue search facility.

How to access Queensland cemetery and burial records online and in the Library.

Current cemeteries and crematoria

Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Queensland can be located in several ways. These include:

  • Search of municipality, shire or town council websites eg: A search for 'shire' and 'bundaberg' in Google reveals the entry for Bundaberg Regional Council.
    Go to the menu of the Bundaberg Regional Council website and click on the 'Residents' link which reveals a link to the webpage for Cemeteries. The 'Cemeteries' page lists cemeteries administered by the Council as well as providing a Search Box to search the Bundaberg Regional Cemeteries Burial List.
    A link is also provided to the digitised 'Bundaberg Cemetery Burial Register' which is located on the website of the Bundaberg Regional Libraries.

    Alternatively you can locate an up-to-date list and links to Queensland Councils via the QLD Councils website.

NB: Not all local governments or councils use the same navigation method or have the means to provide an online searching facility but their websites are always worth a look if their area of jurisdiction is where your cemeteries of interest are located.

Brisbane cemeteries and crematoria

The Brisbane region has a number of current and historic cemeteries, some of which have online lists or search facilities to locate the names of deceased. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

In the Library

You may request the following CD-ROM index through the Library's catalogue for access in the Library.

Onsite(CDROM) Dern Index Queensland: [Monumental Inscriptions of 250 Cemeteries]

Contains over 85,000 monumental transcriptions from 250 of Queensland's country cemeteries. Listed alphabetically by surname, the inscription details are all listed afterwards, together with the cemetery that they came from.

Within the Library's Newspapers and Family History zone you may access the following items on microfilm and microfiche:

Queensland Family History Society Cemetery Index

A name index to burials/headstones in a range of Queensland cemeteries (in 2 parts)

Series 3 card index (on microfilm):

  • Allora, Alpha, Ayr, Bororen, Bundaberg Catholic, Calliope, Capella, Cardwell, Cherbourg Aboriginal (New), Chinchilla and Tanderra Lawn, Condamine, Cooktown, Crows Nest, Croydon, Dalby, Deborah, Degilbo, Dickabram, Duaringa, Eden Gardens, Eidsvold, Emerald, Eumundi, Fernvale, Flinton Roman Catholic, Forsyth, Gatton, Georgetown, Gin Gin, Gladstone (part), Glamorganvale, Glencoe, Bethlehem Lutheran, Goombungee-Haden (left hand side only), Goomeri, Goondiwindi, Gracemere, Greenwood Lutheran, Herberton Mt. Garnett, Ravenshoe, Watsonville, Hughenden, Inglewood, Jandowae, Jericho, John Clements Index (contains reference from 78 Queensland Cemeteries), Kenilworth, Kooroongarra (Old), Laura River, Leyburn, Lone Graves (Various), Lowood, Lutwyche (part), Marburg St. Vincent‟s Seminary, Mareeba, Costin St. (Old), Mareeba, Vaughan St. (New), Maytown, Meandarra, Monto, Moranbah Lawn, Morinish Parish, Mossman Lawn, Mt. Cotton West, Mt. Garnet, Atherton, Mulgildie, Mungallala, Munna Creek, Murphys Creek – Gibbons Camp, Murrigal, Muttaburra (New), Peachester, Prairie, Proston, Quilpie, Redcliffe, Redland Area – Cleveland, Redland Area – Redland Bay, Redland Area – Dunwich, Redland Area – Ormiston, Redland Area – Carmelite Monastery, Redland Area – Cleveland Catholic, Richmond, St. Lawrence, Samford Update, Silverleigh Lutheran, South Kolan, Surat, Tambo, Tansey (formerly Boonara), Tieryboo, Theodore, Tingoora, Toogoolawah, Townsville, West End, Tully, Wallumbilla, Warwick, Wesley Uniting, Winton, Witta, Wondai, Wonglepong, Woodford, Yaamba, Yarraman, Yeppoon, Yuleba

Microfilm Drawer “Queensland”; Call number mfm N 228

Series 4 card index (on microfilm):

  • Atherton (New), Auchenflower St. Alban the Martyr, Babinda, Bajool, Brisbane, St. Stephen‟s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Caboolture, Caboonbah, Caloundra Lawn, Canungra, Smith Private, Cardwell, Charleston, Charleville, Charters Towers (Old), Christmas Creek Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Cloncurry Lawn, Coolana Lutheran, Dalby, Dimbulah, Emu Park, Esk, Fairview/ Bryden, Forest View Memorial Park and Crematorium, Freestone (Upper), Gayndah, Gleneagle St. Mary‟s Roman Catholic, Hattonvale Apostolic, Kidston, Kilcoy, Laidley, Ma Ma Creek Anglican, Manton (Wyoming), Miles, Mingela, Mitchell, Moore, Mt. Molloy, Mt. Mulligan, Mundoolun St. John‟s Anglican, Nundah Unmarked Graves (Various), Oman, Ama Station (Glenview), Petrie, John Photo Album, Purga Aboriginal, Ravenswood, Ropeley Zion Lutheran, Rosevale Lutheran, Sandgate Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Stone Quarry (Ebenezer), Taabinga, Tarong Station, Tiaro, Toowoomba and Drayton, Toowong Uniting Church, Upper Murray, Walkerston Roman Catholic, Warwick, Warwick, Leslie Park, Warwick, St. Andrew‟s Uniting, Warwick, St. Mary‟s Roman Catholic, Wivenhoe Pocket, Yangan Presbyterian, Yangan General and Anglican

Microfilm Drawer “Queensland”; Call number mfm N 228

LONE GRAVE COLLECTION

Lists details of approx 400 lone graves throughout Queensland
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 954

ALBERTON

  • Alberton Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1545

BEENLEIGH

  • Beenleigh Cemetery (Queensland) : monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2094

BETHANIA

  • Lutheran Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1505

BRISBANE

  • Anglican cemeteries and columbaria (Brisbane) vol. 2 monumental inscriptions. Complete transcripts of eleven of Brisbane's Anglican cemeteries, columbaria and gardens of remembrance
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1551
  • Anglican Church of Australia - Parish of Sherwood (Brisbane) - cemetery and columbarium wall : monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1607

BRISBANE, SOUTH

  • Dutton Park/South Brisbane Cemetery index to monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 867
  • South Brisbane Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions. South Brisbane Cemetery (Qld.) MI's, sections 2G, 2H, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A.
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1175
  • Brookfield and Moggill Cemeteries Monumental Inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1464

BOONAH

  • Coleyville, Engelburg (Kalbar), Boonah and Highfields Baptist cemeteries (Qld) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546

BULIMBA

  • Bulimba cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1349

BUNDABERG

  • Monumental inscriptions Bundaberg Catholic Cemetery
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1180
  • Bundaberg Lawn Cemetery monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1183
  • Bundaberg General Cemetery monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1185

CLEVELAND

  • Cleveland Cemetery (Queensland): lawn, columbaria and gardens
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2102
  • Cleveland Cemetery monumental inscriptions and George Bond photographic collection index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1833

COLEYVILLE

  • Coleyville, Engelburg (Kalbar), Boonah and Highfields Baptist cemteries (Qld) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546

DARLING DOWNS

  • Darling Downs cemeteries (Queensland) v. 1. Aubigny Catholic, Aubigny Lutheran, Back Plains, Bergen, Cecil Plains, Douglas, Emu creek, Evergreen, Glencoe Lutheran, Goombungee, Greenmount, Greenwood and Silverleigh Lutheran, Highfields, Jondaryan, Meringandn, Millmerran, Murphy's Creek, Nobby, very small cemeteries: Ivanhoe, Koorongarra, North branch, Ravensbourne, Tummaville, Western Creek, Westbrook, Yandilla Station, Yandilla, Yarraman v. 2. Cabarlah, Crow's Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1298

EAGLEBY

  • Eagleby Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1503

ENGELBERG (KALBAR)

  • Coleyville, Engelburg (Kalbar), Boonah and Highfields Baptist cemteries (Qld) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546

HIGHFIELDS

  • Coleyville, Engelburg (Kalbar), Boonah and Highfields Baptist cemteries (Qld) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546

LUTWYCHE

  • Lutwyche Cemetery index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 868
  • Lutwyche Cemetery monumental inscriptions and index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 882

MINDEN

  • Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries (Qld.) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1896

MOUNT GRAVATT

  • Mount Gravatt Cemetery index [to 1988]
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call Number mc N 790
  • Mount Gravatt cemetery monumental inscriptions: 1928-1986
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call Number mc N 789

MOUNT ISA

  • Mount Isa death index compiled from MI's, burial registers and newspapers
    Missing entries on accompanying sheets
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 478

NORTH ROCKHAMPTON

  • North Rockhampton Cemetery headstone inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1775

NUNDAH

  • Nundah Cemetery index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 869

PIMPAMA ISLAND

  • Pimpama Island Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1502

REDLAND BAY

  • Redland Bay cemeteries (Gordon Road, Qld.) monumental inscriptions and George Bond photographic collection
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1550

ST. GEORGE

  • St. George Cemetery, Queensland
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1174

TARAMPA

  • Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries (Qld.)
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call Number mc N 1896

TAROOM

  • Taroom cemetery: monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2100

VERNOR

  • Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries (Qld.) monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1896

WANDOAN

  • Wandoan cemetery: monumental inscriptions
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2101

FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S RECORDS

  • Index to Cannon and Cripps Funeral Director's Records (Brisbane QLD)
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1312
  • Gold Coast Funerals, 64 High Street, Southport, Qld.
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2049
  • Index to the books of K.M. Smith, Undertaker, Brisbane 1877-1960
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 788
  • Somerville Funeral Records (Gold Coast) 1 Jul 1965-30 Jul 1980
    Two Parts: Chronological Data and Burial Data (index of names)
    Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2048
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Isolated graves of the Waggamba Shire (Goondiwindi District)

Patterson, Janet. & Carrigan, Anne. & Goondiwindi & District Family History Society.  2005,  Isolated graves of the Waggamba Shire (Goondiwindi District) / prepared by Janet Petterson and Anne Carrigan on behalf of Goondiwindi & District Family History Society Goondiwindi & District Family History Society Goondiwindi [Qld.]

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Ravenswood cemetery records

Whitton, Carmel. & Halvorsen, Janetta. & Charters Towers and Dalrymple Family History Association.  2004,  Ravenswood cemetery records / compiled by Carmel Whitton & Janetta Halvorsen  Charters Towers and Dalrymple Family History Association Charters Towers, Qld.

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