Living Here
The Genealogical Society Gladstone District Inc. and the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages are helpful places to look for family history.
Flowers, vases, memorabilia and tributes
Gladstone Regional Council understands the need to show love and remembrance through the placement of floral and ornamental tributes. These guidelines clearly outline what kind of tributes can be left at graves, ashes plots and memorial sites at Gladstone Region Cemeteries.
Grave site restoration
If you are considering completing grave restoration work in any of the memorial sections of Gladstone Regional Council's cemeteries you will need to complete a Monumental Works Application form
Cemetery listing
Gladstone Regional Council has numerous cemeteries across the region including a crematorium at Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands.
Open cemeteries
Bororen Cemetery
Located near the Bruce Highway, Bororen
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Earliest recorded burial in 1887
- Monumental Section – closed for new grave site purchases, reserved site interment only
- Lawn Section – open for new grave site purchases
- Ashes Columbarium Wall – single and double plots available
- Plaques can be arranged through a funeral director
Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands
Pioneer Drive, Boyne Island
- Operating hours 8am-6pm Monday to Friday; 10am-6pm weekends and public holidays
- Opened in 2007 with parklands, crematorium, chapel and teahouse on site
- Options available such as free standing ashes plots and walkway ashes plots
- Plaques and memorialisation urns can be arranged through a funeral director
- Open plan chapel building appeals to the wider community regardless of religious beliefs
- Chapel offers serene bushland outlook across the river inlet
- Seating for 80-100 people indoors
- Open verandah design allows capacity for larger services
- Extra chairs can be arranged on request
- Chapel has a modern sound system and audio-visual equipment
- Teahouse allows family and friends to gather for tea and coffee after a service
- Teahouse features small kitchen, small fridge, basic tea and coffee making facilities
- 50 chairs available
- Enquiries about the Chapel or Teahouse contact our Cemeteries Section
Calliope Cemetery
60 Morcom Street, Calliope
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Earliest recorded burial in 1884
- Monumental Section – closed for new grave site purchases, reserved site interment only
- Lawn Section – open for new grave site purchases
- Newer section has crypt burials and walkway ashes plots available
- Plaques can be arranged through a funeral director
Mount Larcom Cemetery
47 Popenia Road, Mount Larcom
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Earliest recorded burials in early 1900s
- Monumental Section – closed for new grave site purchases, reserved site interment only
- Lawn Section – open for new grave site purchases
- Dedicated Russian Orthodox Section
- Plaques can be arranged through a funeral director
Port Curtis Cemetery
Aerodrome Road, Gladstone
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Vehicle access Monday to Friday 7am-6pm (times may vary on public holidays and weekends)
- Opened in 1985
- Lawn Section – for coffin burials
- Ashes Columbarium Wall
- Memorial Garden – for ashes interments
- Plaques can be arranged through a funeral director
Rosedale Cemetery
Ferry Road, Rosedale
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Monumental Section – closed for new grave site purchases, reserved site interment only
- Lawn Section – open for new grave site purchases
- Plaques can be arranged through a funeral director
Restricted Use Cemetery
Gladstone Cemetery
Cnr Dawson Hwy and Cemetery Rd, Gladstone
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Earliest recorded burial is 1859
- Closed for new grave site purchases, reserved site interment only
Closed/Historical Cemeteries
There are five cemeteries across the Gladstone Region deemed to be historical.
Most are pedestrian accessible but are closed to all interments and reservations.
Builyan Cemetery (originally Many Peaks Cemetery)
6695 Gladstone-Monto Road, Builyan
- Pedestrians can access every day
- No burials since the early 1900s
- Very few graves
Miriam Vale Cemetery
Blomfield Street, Miriam Vale
- Pedestrians can access every day
- Last recorded burial in 1959
- A one to two-kilometre walking trail, Tranquillity Walkway, leads to Miriam Vale Cemetery from Miriam Vale township
Nagoorin Cemetery
33 Gentle Annie Road, Nagoorin
- No burials for many years
- Very few graves
- Council has no burial records
Rosedale Baffle Creek Cemetery (Flinders Cemetery)
Barnetts Road, Rosedale
Targinnie Cemetery
433 Targinnie Road, Targinnie
- Pedestrians can access every day
- No burials since 1938
- Very few graves
- Earliest recorded burials in 1922
Get In Touch
Phone:
(07) 4970 0700
Opening Hours:
8.30am - 5pm Monday to Friday
Postal Address:
PO Box 29
Gladstone Qld 4680
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Gladstone Regional Council would like to acknowledge the Bailai, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of this land. Gladstone Regional Council would also like to pay respect to Elders both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Learn more about Council's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
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