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32: In October 2018 at Mildura, the Victorian Magistrates Court convicted a local funeral director and fined her $10,000 for declaring that the deceased (1 answer)

4 years ago

In October 2018 at Mildura, the Victorian Magistrates Court convicted a local funeral director and fined her $10,000 for (falsely) declaring that the deceased’s family had...

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29 When conflicting instructions are received, should the crematorium cremate a deceased and to whom should they give the cremated remains? (1 answer)

4 years ago

A crematorium has received an Application to Cremate and Disposition Instructions completed by the brother of the deceased. There is a signed but unwitnessed will noting the...

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22 If no interment of human remains has occurred within 50 years of a perpetual interment right being issued, after following appropriate procedures, can the cemetery operator release that interment right for sale? (1 answer)

4 years ago

If no interment of human remains has occurred within 50 years of a perpetual interment right being issued, after following appropriate procedures, can the cemetery operator...

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10 When an interment right is issued for two interments, does that include cremated remains? (1 answer)

4 years ago

When an interment right is issued for two interments, does that include cremated remains?

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16 The deceased had pre-purchased an interment right for the location in which she was subsequently interred (double-plot). The Application for Interment is completed by one of the deceased (1 answer)

4 years ago

Can that person transfer the interment right into their own name, at the same time?

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How is the height of a headstone calculated? (1 answer)

6 months ago

Is the [overall height to apex] the height of the headstone element alone (see A to B) or the total height of the entire monument – from the ground (or upper level of the...

The overall height to apex is the total height of the entire monument from the ground (or upper level of the footing) to the apex – including the kerbs, sub and main base, and...

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Does AS4204 provide for "removable headstones"? (1 answer)

6 months ago

Are there any provisions/modifications for “removable headstones” when considering the installation of monuments on graves where multiple interments are possible and subsequent...

No provisions have been made for needing to make some headstones removable for certain situations. On the topic of removable headstones – the committee notes that...

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What should the minimum thickness of a headstone base be? (1 answer)

6 months ago

Is the minimum stone thickness required for a base/sub-base detailed somewhere elsewhere in the document? If not, what is the recommended thickness - for a base?

Bases/sub-bases are covered under the provisions for backstones. As per Table 1 — Minimum stone thickness, the specified minimum stone thickness (after polishing) for backstones...

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What is meant by "backstones" (1 answer)

6 months ago

Table 1 in AS4204 also refers to “backstones” yet there are no “backstones” shown in Figure 1 – only “Back kerbs”. Are these one and the same?

Yes, ‘Backstones’ and ‘Back kerb’ are one and the same. This answer was provided by Standards Australia in response to a number of questions posted by the CCANSW...

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Cemetery Reservations (1 answer)

3 years ago

Narromine Shire Council has always allowed the option to reserve a perpetual interment site which holds the interment site until it is required. The cost of a gravesite less the...

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Interment Right Holder has passed, what paperwork should we request? (1 answer)

3 years ago

We have had a request regarding refurbishment of a plaque. The interment right holder has passed away (nephew of the first deceased). What paperwork/evidence should...

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Can maintenance and/or restoration of monuments take place without family consent? (1 answer)

3 years ago

Our Council has agreed to heritage grants for restoration works in some of Council's monumental cemeteries. Can works be carried out without consent from existing family...

Hi Sarah We are currently in the midst of a similar project. Consultation is a big part of it. Please call or email me for mor info. Cheers Nadine 02 9970 1341

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Burial within cemetery (1 answer)

2 years ago

Just wondering if anyone has had the incidence of a request to conduct funerals within their cemetery where there is no funeral director to conduct the burial. Where do you...

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Who has the interment rights when the original holder dies? (1 answer)

2 years ago

Who has the interment rights when the original holder dies?

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How do I know if a person meets the requirements to have inherited the right of interment? (1 answer)

2 years ago

How do I know if a person meets the requirements to have inherited the right of interment?

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How will pathological samples retained & then returned by the Coroner be dealt with? (1 answer)

9 months ago

Under certain circumstances the coroner for a jurisdiction may remove and retain pathological samples from a deceased person's body. When the samples are released by the...

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Ashes of a pet (Dog Cat) (2 answers)

3 years ago

Can ashes of a pet be interred into a grave?

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27 What rights do remaining joint holders have in approving or otherwise the person who then by bequest joins them in the grave? (1 answer)

4 years ago

Where an interment right is severally held (i.e. it is a portional contract and one of the joint holders is deceased, but not interred into the site) and therefore is able to be...

At law, none. The deceased interment holder cannot bequeath the interment right, as it vests in the surviving interment right holder. [section 51] CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA...

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What affect do burials in cemeteries have on ground water? (1 answer)

3 years ago

What affect do burials in cemeteries have on ground water?

Boyd Dent's 2002 study "THE HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF CEMETERY OPERATIONS AND PLANNING IN AUSTRALIA" offers comprehensive analysis and conclusions: {aridoc width="800"...

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