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Agency Details

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Agency ID1454
TitleNorth Pine Cemetery Trust
Agency TypeStatutory authority
Start Date 20/1/1888
End Date 12/11/1953
Date NotesN/A
Abstract

Responsibility for maintenance of local cemeteries

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Series

Series IDTitleFromTo
17256Cemetery Register N/A N/A
17257Indexes to Graves N/A N/A
17259Minute Book N/A N/A
16662Miscellaneous Papers N/A N/A
16665Receipt Book N/A N/A
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Controlling Agencies

Agency IDTitleFromTo
107Colonial Secretary's Office 20/1/1888 6/8/1896
123Home Secretary's Office 6/8/1896 5/12/1935
126Health and Home Affairs Department 5/12/1935 12/11/1953
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Remarks


Information Sources

Cemetery Act 1865
Lands Acts 1910-1952
Local Authority Acts 1902-1935
Local Government Acts 1936-1953
Queensland Government Gazette 1887, Vol. XLII, No. 68, p. 1033
Queensland Government Gazette 1888, Vol. XLIII, No. 20, p. 247
Queensland Government Gazette 1953, Vol. CLXXXIV, No. 83, p. 1332
Tracks and Times: A History of the Pine Rivers District, L.S.Smith, ed., Pine Rivers Shire Council, 1988, p. 182
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Legislation

Establishing Cemetery Act 1865
Crown Lands Act 1884
Abolishing Local Government Acts 1936-1953
Lands Acts 1910-1952
Administered N/A
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Description

ESTABLISHMENT:
The Cemetery Act 1865, which repealed Section 75 of the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 empowered the Governor-in-Council to appoint trustees to hold land in trust for the establishment or purpose of a public cemetery. A committee was formed in 1881 to establish a cemetery at North Pine and burials commenced in that year. However it was not until 22 Nov 1887 that the North Pine Cemetery Reserve was proclaimed under the Crown Lands Act 1884. North Pine Cemetery Trustees were appointed under the same act on 20 Jan 1888. The North Pine Cemetery was also known locally as the Lawnton Cemetery.

FUNCTIONS:
Cemetery trustees had powers to enclose the land granted in trust for cemetery purposes and were responsible for the administration, upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery. Rules, regulations, accounts, trustee appointments and notification of closing of the cemetery were required to be published in the Government Gazette.

ABOLITION:
The Local Authorities Act 1902, and subsequently the Local Government Act 1936 empowered the Governor-in-Council to authorise local authorities to assume, from existing trusts, the management and control of cemeteries so proclaimed. In addition, the act granted local authorities the power to take land and erect or construct buildings to be used for or in conjunction with cemeteries. On 12 Nov 1953, the Council of the Shire of Pine was appointed trustee for the North Pine Cemetery Reserve under the Land Acts 1910-1952, in place of the existing North Pine Cemetery Trust.

PORTFOLIO CONTROLLING:
Colonial Secretary 20 Jan 1888 - 6 Aug 1896
Home Secretary 6 Aug 1896 - 5 Dec 1935
Secretary for Health and Home Affairs 5 Dec 1935 - 12 Nov 1953
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Preferred Citation

Queensland State Archives Agency ID1454, North Pine Cemetery Trust
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