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Western Downs Regional Council Fees and Charges
Cemetery Fees and Charges
Chinchilla Cemeteries
Contact Chinchilla Customer Service Centre 07 4662 7056
There are currently three cemeteries located within the Chinchilla District that are utilised, with all of them being located within the township of Chinchilla.
Chinchilla Pioneer Cemetery
The Pioneer Cemetery on the Warrego Highway opposite the Tourist Information Centre is recognised as the first cemetery for Chinchilla. When the first burials took place is not known, however as the railway line reached the town in 1878, it is reasonable to assume that many deceased were buried in the back half of the cemetery before records were kept.
It was not until 1921 that the Council took over responsibility of the cemetery from the trustees.
Chinchilla Cemetery (Tanderra Monumental)
In the years 1939/40, the Chinchilla Shire Council purchased a block of land two kilometres northeast of the town for a new cemetery and it was surveyed into blocks, segregating the different religions.
Chinchilla Cemetery was officially opened in March 1941. At the entrance to the Catholic section of the Cemetery, green double steel gates were erected, in memory of Nurse Hannah Fitzgerald, the first burial in the Catholic Section. A plaque is attached to the gates framework stating "These gates erected in memory of Nurse Hannah Fitzgerald. 1861-1943".
A columbarium wall was built on the right hand side of the main gates to this cemetery and provides niches for 80 containers of ashes. At a later date another wall was constructed on the opposite side of the gates.
Tanderra Lawn Cemetery
The Lions Club of Chinchilla adopted this massive project in June 1973 with the Chinchilla Shire Council supporting the club by purchasing the ground and providing water to the cemetery.
On Saturday 28 June 1976, the Minister for Primary Industries and the Member for Condamine, Hon VB Sullivan MLA, performed the official opening of the Tanderra Lawn Cemetery, with the blessing of the cemetery being undertaken by Father K Costigan.
The first burial in this cemetery was held on the 23 January 1977.
After burials commenced in the Tanderra Lawn Cemetery, burials continued in both the monumental and the lawn cemeteries, but with the majority of burials being in the lawn cemetery.
Dalby Cemeteries
Contact Engineering Customer Service Centre 07 4669 9000
Monumental
Council continues to maintain the Cemetery which has been closed to new internments since 31 December 1980. Council's resolution is to honour only grave sites that have been previously reserved. The need to close the Cemetery to new internments was hastened by rising maintenance costs, the difficulties experienced with the Cemetery layout and the lack of certainty of the location of unmarked graves.
The Cemetery was opened in 1871 and was under the control of a Board of Trustees until 1905 when, due to difficulties in finding citizens willing to be trustees, responsibility for the Cemetery was passed to Dalby Town Council.
Recently a survey was completed to mark locations of graves. Due to the portability of the grave markers however, the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
Lawn
The Myall Remembrance Park was initiated as a project by the Lions Club of Dalby. The Lawn Cemetery incorporates columbarium walls and a rose garden for cremated remains. The first internment in the Lawn Cemetery took place in 1967. The columbarium wall first received ashes in 1969 and the rose garden in 1978.
Miles Cemeteries
Contact Miles Customer Service Centre 07 4628 5555
The Miles General Cemetery is divided into four portions - Anglican, Catholic, Other Denominations and Lawn.
Inscriptions dating from 1912 have been identified in the cemetery while one earlier headstone, dated 1899, was probably relocated here from the old cemetery. There are a significant number of unmarked graves at the site.
The Miles Lawn cemetery dates from the 1950s. It contains almost 400 sites with plenty of room for expansion. A columbarium displays plaques from the 1960s.
Tara Cemeteries
Contact Tara Customer Service Centre 07 4665 3133
There are currently five cemeteries in the Tara Region. They are located in Tara, Meandarra, The Gums, Flinton and Moonie. Maintenance of the Tara Cemetery is now contracted by Council to a private contractor. The maintenance of all other cemeteries is the responsibility of each of the individual town maintenance crews. The following facilities are available in accordance with the cemetery listing:
Tara
Columbarium, Lawn Cemetery, Monumental (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Non-Denominational)
Meandarra
Columbarium, Monumental (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist)
The Gums
Not separated into sections.
Moonie
Not separated into sections.
Flinton
Cemetery is at the Catholic Church, however, any denomination is accepted.
Other Cemeteries
All cemeteries in the previous Wambo Shire are administered by Private Trustees. Contact details for the trustees are:
Warra Cemetery
Mr Neville Taylor (07) 4668 1224
Mr Stan Seigmeier (07) 4668 1221
Bell Cemetery
Mrs Dorothy McPhee (07) 4663 1238
Kaimkillenbun Cemetery
Mrs G Wenham (07) 4662 2996
Jandowae Cemetery
Mr Peter Ireland (07) 4668 5289
Mr Vince Scouller (07) 4668 5493
Macalister Cemetery
Mrs S McCay (07) 4663 6198
