The Burial Ground in Moy Pocket Road Gheerulla was established by the community in 1907 to provide a resting place for two little girls, Florrie May and Ivy Christiana Hansen who died of diphtheria before medical assistance could reach them from Nambour. (The Chronicle, March 30, 1907, p.4)
Burial information from 1907 Location of grave sites
In 2006 the community raised funds and supported by a grant
from the Queensland Community Memorials Restoration Fund a headstone and
memorial plaque was placed on these graves.
On
19 June 1908
On 25
September 1909
Five acres
was proclaimed cemetery Parish Kenilworth County March
8 November 1909
30 June 1911
Formal approval of the Trustees was published in
The Queensland Government Gazette
on 18
January 1958 appointed the
Maroochy
shire Council as trustee of Gheerulla Cemetery
Source:- Maroochy Shire Council Archives, Foreign File F1250
For further information on burial at the Gheerulla Cemetery please refer to http://www.maroochy.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=cemeteries
or contact
Cemetery Office
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Kulangoor Memorial Sanctuary
MS 1985 31-89 Ackerman Road
Kulangoor via Nambour Qld 4560
Phone:
Many of our residents have been laid to rest by:-
Gregson & Weight
http://www.gregsonweight.com.au/
Telephone 07 5476 2866
They would be happy to provide every assistance should your family require their services.
There are a number of details of the deceased person required, by law, to be submitted to facilitate registration of their death. All this information is gathered and processed by the Funeral Director. To assist this process click here for a form to print and complete for a meeting with the Funeral Director.