Agency:
Queenstown Cemetery Trust
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1896
End Date:
31 Dec 1940
Description:
To control and regulate the public cemetery at Queenstown. The Cemeteries Act was amended in 1940 to make each municipal council the sole trustee of every cemetery within its boundaries
Legislation Administered:
Cemeteries Act 1865 (29 Vict No.7) as amended by Cemeteries Acts 1879 (34 Vict No.29), 1872 (36 Vict No.17), 1880 (44 Vict No.29), 1900 (64 Vict No.20)
Legislation Creating:
Under Cemeteries Act 1865 - 29 Vict No.7 Queenstown Cemetery Trustees appointed 23 May 1896 (Gazette 26 may 1896 p.922)
Series Created By Agency:
| LA56/1 Minutes. | 13 Apr 1899 | 29 Jan 1908 |
| LA56/2 Register of Burials. | 01 Feb 1922 | 28 Feb 1937 |