Find a Grave Australia
FIND A GRAVE
Finding a grave of someone in Australia can be an important aspect of our genealogical research and can lead to their final resting place.
This guide provides some hints and suggestions to facilitate your search into the last resting places of those important to you. While there are no guarantees someone you are searching for will be available online, you will probably not have a problem finding out the burial site of the deceased – as long as it was a public record.
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What Information Will You Need Before You Try to Find a Grave in Australia?
The more information you have about the person you are searching for, the more likely you will find a grave. Here’s the basic information that will assist you in your search.
Name
Find out everything you can about the person’s name. Possible nicknames, maiden names, or alternative spellings of the name. If the name was common for an area, you might also want to take note of the names of that person’s parents, spouse(s), and children. This will enable you to narrow your search.
Dates
Finding the death date is important if you need to search through church or cemetery records or published obituaries or death notices.
Location of death
The location of death can also help you narrow down the final resting place. The earlier the death, the less likely the body would have been transferred to another place for burial. And, of course, cremation was not common in Australia until recent times.
How to Start Your Search to Find a Grave in Australia
Once you have gathered as much information as possible about the person, you’re ready to start your search to help you find a grave in Australia for free.
Find A Grave Online
There are currently several websites that contain and provide free access to burial and cemetery information in Australia. These include the following:
Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions 1802-2005 (FamilySearch)
BillionGraves Index (FamilySearch)
Interment.net : Cemetery Records Online
www.ozburials.com (Lorraine’s cemetery records pages)
Other websites provide access to either state, city or locality-specific cemetery information. These sites are listed under the state-specific pages of this guide.
A direct keyword search on your favourite search engine may also find some relevant results, eg: a search for ‘kalgoorlie’ and ‘cemetery’ in Google reveals an entry for the website Outback Family History. This site has a Cemeteries page with over 200 links to further pages on cemeteries that contain information ranging from names, dates of death, burial, plot numbers and photographs of individual gravesites.
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Find A Grave New South Wales
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in New South Wales can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can locate an up-to-date list and links to NSW Council websites via the Local Government NSW website.
Sydney cemeteries and crematoria
The Sydney region has a number of current and historic cemeteries, for which a number have online lists or search facilities to locate the names of deceased. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
Rookwood Anglican and General Cemeteries
Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria (includes Rookwood Necropolis)
Jewish Cemetery Rookwood
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium (North Ryde)
Woronora General Cemetery and Crematorium (Sutherland)
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park (Matraville)
Find A Grave Victoria
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Victoria can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can locate an up-to-date list and links to Victorian local councils website or search the Find your council directory via the KnowYourCouncil website.
Melbourne cemeteries and crematoria
The Melbourne region has a number of current and historic cemeteries, for which a number have online lists or search facilities to locate the names of deceased. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (includes Brighton General, Bunurong Memorial, Cheltenham Memorial, Cheltenham Pioneer, Dandenong Community, Melbourne General, St Kilda, Springvale Botanical) – Deceased Search
The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (includes Fawkner Memorial Park, Preston Cemetery, Northern Memorial Park, Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Keilor Cemetery, Lilydale Memorial Park, Altona Memorial Park, Emerald Cemetery, Williamstown Memorial Park, Yarra Glen Cemetery, Werribee Cemetery, Healesville Cemetery, Truganina Cemetery, Templestowe Cemetery, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Burwood Cemetery, Anderson’s Creek Cemetery, Northcote Cemetery) – Deceased Search
Box Hill Cemetery – Find a Grave or Memorial
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Find A Grave Queensland
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. You can locate an up-to-date list and links to Queensland Councils via the QLD Councils website.
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 HeavenAddress Resting Place
Find A Grave Western Australia
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Western Australia can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can locate an up-to-date list and links to WA Council Websites via the WA Local Government Association (WALGA) website.
Perth cemeteries and crematoria
The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board maintains six cemetery and memorial garden sites around Perth. A Search facility is provided covering all seven locations.
Rockingham Regional Memorial Park
Find A Grave South Australia
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in South Australia can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can search or locate an up-to-date list and links to Councils via the Local Government Association of South Australia website.
Adelaide cemeteries and crematoria
The Adelaide Cemeteries Authority administers four cemeteries in the Adelaide area. A Records Search facility is provided covering all four locations, ie:
Other cemeteries in the Adelaide area include:
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Find A Grave Tasmania
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Tasmania can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can locate an up-to-date list and Links to Tasmanian Councils via the Local Government Association Tasmania website.
Hobart cemeteries and crematoria
The Southern Regional Cemetery Act 1981 was repealed under the Government Business Enterprises (Sale) Amendment Act 2007 and in July 2008, Millingtons Funeral Directors took over the Trust’s role. However, the State’s interests under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002 continue to be administered by the Department of Premier & Cabinet.
Millingtons currently manage the following six cemeteries in the Hobart area:
Mornington Memorial Gardens (Mornington Funeral Centre (Eastern Shore) Crematorium & Memorial Gardens)
Millingtons provide a Records Search facility on their website for all except the Ponville Catholic cemetery.
Find A Grave Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (formerly the Federal Capital Territory) was formerly established as a separate territory from New South Wales in 1911. Burials in this region prior to its establishment as the site for Australia’s capital would have been recorded as in New South Wales.
Current cemeteries and crematoria
There are currently three public cemeteries in use in the ACT. These are located at Gunghalin, Hall and Woden. The Canberra Cemeteries website provides a search facility to locate the names, graves or memorials for people who are buried or whose ashes or memorials are located in these three cemeteries. Norwood Park Crematorium The website of the Norwood Park Crematorium also provides a search facility to locate cremations.
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Find A Grave Northern Territory
Between 1825 and 1863, the Northern Territory was formerly part of the colony of New South Wales. In 1863 it was annexed to South Australia. The Northern Territory was formally established as a separate territory from South Australia in 1911. Burials in the region prior to separation would have been recorded under the earlier jurisdictions.
Current cemeteries and crematoria
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in the Northern Territory can be located in several ways. These include:
Search of municipality, shire or town council websites. You can locate an up-to-date list and links to Northern Territory Council websites via the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory website.
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