Generally true that cemeteries are municipal, but I know of one churchyard with burials - St Matthews CofE at Grovely, with burials from 1860's to the present. Includes some of my forebears and many relatives - PICKERING OWENS KEYLAR MCGINN HOYES MILLWOOD and others. I would be interested to hear of any other churchyards with burials in Brisbane. Regards Steve Kerry Raymond wrote: >However Brisbane had municipal cemeteries not churchyard cemeteries, so the >grave is most likely in the Congregational Section of one of the municipal >cemeteries and not at one of the churches. > > >

> Generally true that cemeteries are municipal, but I know of one > churchyard with burials - St Matthews CofE at Grovely, with burials from > 1860's to the present. Brisbane back in the 1800s was a lot smaller than Brisbane today. Indeed, Boundary Street in Spring Hill got its name because it was the boundary of the city in early times. Many of Brisbane's suburbs (even older ones) were in other shires during the 1800s. Grovely would certainly not have been part of Brisbane in the 1800s, most likely it would have become part of Greater Brisbane in the amalgamations in about 1925. > I would be interested to hear of any other churchyards with burials in > Brisbane. Uniting Church (formerly Methodist), Chapel Hill Church of England, Sherwood