HERITAGE NOOSA
HERITAGE NOOSA
Cooroy Cemetery
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DescriptionAn area of 5 acres and 11 perches, next to portion 65, parish of Tewantin, was gazetted on 26 February 1910 as a reserve for the Cooroy Cemetery with the following listed as trustees: Charles John Richard Crank, Joseph George Gray, George Henry Wilson, Alexander Stewart Douglas, and George Edward McDonald. In 1911, the first recorded death, and burial, in Cooroy occurred. Carl Fenwick, a 5 year old boy and eldest child of Mr and Mrs George Fenwick, died from bronchial pneumonia and was buried in the Cooroy Cemetery on Tuesday, 7 March 1911. Initially, the cemetery trustees had difficulty in securing the cemetery reserve and contracting the clearing and one newspaper report notes that cattle were being allowed to wander through the reserve.
By 1912, the situation had not been resolved, with the cemetery trustees having to reject two tenders to clear the cemetery reserve, as the tenders were double the amount held by the trustees at the time. There were a number of graves in the Cooroy Cemetery at this time and the general public were complaining that the trustees were moving too slowly and that they did indeed have the funds to cover the improvements necessary.
By the 1920s, some improvements had been made to the Cooroy Cemetery including the erection of a shelter shed at the entrance gates and a tool shed, however, due to a lack of funds other necessary improvements had not been able to be carried out. The lack of funds to properly care for the cemetery reserve had still not been resolved by 1927. A newspaper report notes that the state of the Cooroy Cemetery and its approaches, which were described as disgraceful, was brought before a meeting of the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce and it was decided to seek advice from Cleveland Shire Council as to how they deal with their cemetery trust. Eventually, care of the Cooroy Cemetery was passed to Noosa Council with the Cooroy Cemetery Trust advising that they were agreeable to the Council taking control of the cemetery in 1953. The Cooroy Cemetery contains the burials of some of the region’s pioneers and their descendants.
Search for burials and interments in Cooroy Cemetery at: https://cemeteries.noosa.qld.gov.au/interment
By 1912, the situation had not been resolved, with the cemetery trustees having to reject two tenders to clear the cemetery reserve, as the tenders were double the amount held by the trustees at the time. There were a number of graves in the Cooroy Cemetery at this time and the general public were complaining that the trustees were moving too slowly and that they did indeed have the funds to cover the improvements necessary.
By the 1920s, some improvements had been made to the Cooroy Cemetery including the erection of a shelter shed at the entrance gates and a tool shed, however, due to a lack of funds other necessary improvements had not been able to be carried out. The lack of funds to properly care for the cemetery reserve had still not been resolved by 1927. A newspaper report notes that the state of the Cooroy Cemetery and its approaches, which were described as disgraceful, was brought before a meeting of the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce and it was decided to seek advice from Cleveland Shire Council as to how they deal with their cemetery trust. Eventually, care of the Cooroy Cemetery was passed to Noosa Council with the Cooroy Cemetery Trust advising that they were agreeable to the Council taking control of the cemetery in 1953. The Cooroy Cemetery contains the burials of some of the region’s pioneers and their descendants.
Search for burials and interments in Cooroy Cemetery at: https://cemeteries.noosa.qld.gov.au/interment
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Subject (Keywords)Cemeteries
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AcknowledgementsSourced from Noosa Council Local Heritage Register
Cooroy Cemetery. Heritage Noosa, accessed 23/09/2023, https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/6756
