VPRS 18646 Burial Orders

Full description

This series comprises of burial order books for deceased persons at Wunghnu Cemetery (VA 5236). Each entry contains the following information:

- denomination of burial
- name of the deceased
- last residence of the deceased
- rank or business of the deceased
- age of deceased
- from what parish deceased was brought
- minister to officiate at burial
- date and hour of funeral
- number of grave on plan and section number
- depth of grave and other dimensions
- whether first or second burial in this grave
- nature of disease or cause of death
- signatures, names and dates for placing of order

Researchers should be aware there is a gap between volume one which ends in 1919 and volume 2 which commences in 1962. The whereabouts of this missing volume are unknown to PROV and the agency at the time of transfer in August 2018.