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:
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:
- Brisbane City Council (12 cemeteries & 3 crematoria including Bald Hills, Balmoral, Brookfield, Cedar Creek, Hemmant, Lutwyche, Moggill, Mt Gravatt, Nundah, Pinnaroo, South Brisbane & Toowong) - Grave location search
- Nudgee Cemetery (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane) - Deceased search
- Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium - Search via Find a Grave
In the Library
You may request the following CD-ROM index through the Library's catalogue for access in the Library.
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
BEENLEIGH
Alberton Cemetery (Queensland) monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1545
Beenleigh Cemetery (Queensland) : monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 2094
BETHANIA
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
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: monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546
BULIMBA
Bulimba cemetery: 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: 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 cemeteries: monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546
DARLING DOWNS
Darling Downs cemeteries
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 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 cemeteries: monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546
HIGHFIELDS
Coleyville, Engelburg (Kalbar), Boonah and Highfields Baptist cemeteries: monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1546
LUTWYCHE
Lutwyche Cemetery index
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 882
Lutwyche Cemetery monumental inscriptions and index
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 868
MINDEN
Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries 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 at MG mc N 478
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 to monumental inscriptions
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 869
PIMPAMA ISLAND
Pimpama Island Cemetery: monumental inscriptions and George Bond Photographic Collection index
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1502
REDLAND BAY
Redland Bay cemeteries: monumental inscriptions and George Bond photographic collection
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1550
ST. GEORGE
St. George Cemetery
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1174
TARAMPA
Minden, Tarampa and Vernor Baptist Cemeteries monumental inscriptions
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 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
Microfiche Compartment 13; Call number mc N 1312
Gold Coast Funerals, 64 High Street, Southport
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