Map of Cemetery

One hundred and twenty years have passed since the first recorded burial took place in the Bundaberg Cemetery. There were 16 burials recorded that year in 1879. Since that time the number has reached in excess of 23 000 burials.

Bundaberg Cemetery Burial List
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Brief History of the Bundaberg Cemetery

The Bundaberg Cemetery is one of the biggest windows into the history and people of this great region. Many of the founding fathers and mothers of our district are buried in the monumental section of the cemetery with the present site dating back to 1873. The original site of the cemetery was located on the block of property surrounded by Woongarra, Maryborough, Woondooma and McLean streets.

However with the continuing prosperity of Bundaberg, Alexander Walker and Walter Adams envisaged the town would encroach on the cemetery, so in September 5th 1868 the two men gazetted the cemetery's present site. The original cemetery was duly closed with the remains exhumed and moved to either the General Cemetery or the Catholic Cemetery site in Fitzgerald Street in 1873.

Unfortunately the burial records pre May 22nd 1879 and any records of the exhumed were lost. The first recorded burial in the Bundaberg Cemetery is dated 22nd May 1879, leaving a six-year gap with no records of new burials nor of the transferred remains.

A Cemetery Trust was formed and they conducted the business of the cemetery from its inception until July 2001 when the Trusteeship was relinquished to the Bundaberg City Council.

Since the cemetery's inception different burial options have been developed and offered to the public including diverse areas for placement of ashes and lawn burials.

Areas of interment and placement

• General Section - Monumental and above ground Vaults
• Lawn Section - The addition of the lawn cemetery to the Bundaberg Cemetery in 1964 was a realization of the changing nature of burials in the region. Affordable, respectful and modern burials are what the Bundaberg Cemetery's lawn section offers. Exquisitely manicured lawns dispersed between rows of memorial headstones means the creation of a peaceful and serene environment to visit loved ones.
• Children's Sections - which incorporates a water feature and memorial rock.
• Memorial Walls - niches for the placement of ashes and erection of memorial plaques. An ideal area that is easily accessible in a beautiful and peaceful environment. Landscaped gardens surround.
• Rose Gardens - For placement or scattering of ashes in a picturesque and peaceful environment lined with rose bushes.
• Rock Gardens - For placement or scattering of ashes within a serene environment adorned with colourful shrubs and plants.
• Return Service Sections - Monumental Area, Lawn Area, Memorial Wall, Rock Garden, Rose Garden
• All areas excluding Return Service Sections have provision for the reservation of a plot or niche.

Funeral Directors Contact Details for Funeral Directors in the Bundaberg Area These details are supplied as a courtesy to the public and are accurate as of July 19, 2006, please consult the phone directory for the latest details. Allen Des & Co Funerals 22 Toonburra St Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4153 2424 Email: desallenfunerals@bigpond.com Brown F.C. & Co. McLean St Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4151 3357, 1800 999 954 Email: fcbrownco@yahoo.com.au Bundaberg Cremation Services Cummins Rd Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4155 1302 Bundaberg Crematorium & Memorial Park Cummins Rd Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4155 1302 Rose Chapel Funerals & Cremations 43 Walker St Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4153 3301 Email: rosechapel@telstra.com Smarts Funeral Service 74 Woondooma St Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4151 3323 ph: 1800 332 323 Springfield Crematorium ph: (07) 4153 2424 Tranquility Funerals Cummins Rd Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4155 2999 White Roses Funerals Bundaberg QLD 4670 ph: (07) 4153 4587

Cemetery Policies

1. Graves are for interments and ashes placements.
2. Flowers may be placed in the vase receptacles provided on either side of the headstone.
3. Council will supply the vases on graves as part of our service. These vases will be placed by the cemetery staff. If the family wish to have the approved above ground style vase at a later date, these may be purchased.
4. No plastic, clay, tin, glass, or ceramic vases, no timber or ceramic pots, no pot plants. These will be removed and stored in the cemetery office for collection.
5. No ornaments are allowed in the Lawn area with the exception of the children's section.
6. All Lawn Section Headstones are to be erected within six months after a burial.
7. There is no time requirement for the erection of a headstone in the General Sections.
8. All Headstones and Monuments have to meet the necessary standards as set by the Australian Standards and the Cemetery Authorities.
9. No headstones or plaques are to be erected, removed or restored without written authority.
10. The planting of trees or shrubs in the cemetery is not permitted in the Lawn sections. In the General sections written approval is required from the Cemetery Administration.
11. In the Lawn sections the turfing of the grave is completed when the complete row has been prepared. The laying of turf by family is on the understanding that it will be removed when the cemetery-turfing program is implemented.
12. Computerised records of burials are maintained - this enables a convenient, quick and detailed system.
13. All graves are photographed and linked to the burial record.
14. The person or persons whom arranged and signed for a burial or placement is the authorised burial rights holder.
15. A grave may be closed to further burial or ashes placement on written authority from the burial rights holder.
16. The Bundaberg Cemetery endeavours to meet the need for all facets of burial and ashes requirements; rose gardens, rock gardens family plots, memorial walls etc.

If you require any further information, assistance or detail, the Cemetery Office hours are:
8am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Phone/Fax: 07 41513150
Email: Email Cemetery