Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium is a large Roman Catholic cemetery at 493 St Vincents Road, Nudgee,

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, Australia. The cemetery opened in 1867 and is still operating. Over 31,000 people are buried there.

Services

The cemetery is opened and operated by the

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and the most of those buried there were Roman Catholic. However, burial of people of other faiths is possible, although permission from the bishop was required before 1957. There are areas reserved for various Catholic

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s as well as an area for above-ground vaults which are preferred by some ethnic groups. Since 2014, a

crematorium A crematorium, crematory or cremation center is a venue for the cremation of the Death, dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a ...

is available with

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walls for the placement of ashes.

Notable people interred

A list of people buried in Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium can be found in the and in the list below: * Amy Vera Ackman, hospital administrator and one of the

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, politician and

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* Ron McAuliffe, politician and one of the founders of rugby league's

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* William Webb, judge of the

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and President of the

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after the end of

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* Mother Vincent Whitty,

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who established the

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in Queensland * Tom Gorman Hall of fame Rugby League Player for the Toowoomba Clydesdales

References

External links

*
Nudgee Cemetery Mapping Interface
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nudgee Cemetery and Crematorium Cemeteries in Brisbane 1867 establishments in Australia Crematoria in Australia Burials at Nudgee Cemetery Cemeteries established in the 1860s

Services

Notable people interred

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