Where are the graves? A quick guide to natural burials
02/28/2019 1 Comment
Green or natural burials are the next big thing. Or are they? No headstones, no coffins, no chemicals, no pomp. It looks like lots of people aren’t convinced.
By learning more about death, our mortality, and ways to say goodbye, the inevitable becomes less confronting. Written by Australian journalist Lisa Herbert, this blog aims to reveal interesting, informative, and sometimes fascinating facts and thoughts about end-of-life planning.
So put on some comfy shoes as we explore cemeteries, the world of funerals, and death and dying.
Green or natural burials are the next big thing. Or are they? No headstones, no coffins, no chemicals, no pomp. It looks like lots of people aren’t convinced.
World first technology tells the story of the dead. A small disk on a grave can deliver information about the deceased, share photos and video, music and documents via a Bluetooth connection to a world first App.
Ever wondered how coffins are lowered into the ground?
There was a huge turn out for the funeral of murdered Darwin taxi driver George Grantham. In April 1952 he was shot by two Czech immigrants who became the last men hanged in the NT.
Like in so many other towns, Indigenous graves remain unidentified in Derby in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Efforts are underway to mark the lonely grave of an Australian Test Cricketer buried in Coolgardie Cemetery in Western Australia’s Goldfields.
A retired carpenter recalls making hundreds of small boxes for the exhumed remains of Wolston Park Mental Hospital patients 70 years ago.
Ex-funeral director Rick White discusses the practicalities of death.
An assassin’s work is on display in outback cemetery. Cameleer Tagh Mahomed was shot in the back during morning Prayers in 1896. His grave lies in Coolgardie Cemetery.