Cemetery Interment Records for Townsville Municipal Cemeteries

Townsville City Council provides data on interments at its four municipal cemeteries: Belgian Gardens, Magnetic Island, Manton, and Townsville War Cemetery. The dataset includes attributes for cemetery, section, plot, monument, and interment type. It is published by the Townsville City Council and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze interment type distribution across different cemetery sections to understand burial service patterns.
• Map plot occupancy and monument types within the Belgian Gardens and Townsville War Cemetery sections.
• Compare interment activity between the historic Magnetic Island cemetery and the main Belgian Gardens site.

Strengths

• Covers four distinct cemetery locations operated by a single municipal authority.
• Includes specific data attributes such as section, plot, monument, and interment type.
• Published under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting assessment of analytical scope.
• No sample data is available to verify data structure or quality before download.
• Specific temporal coverage of the interment records is not stated.

Provenance

Source

Townsville City Council

Collection Method

Municipal administrative records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Cemeteries within Townsville, Queensland, Australia, including Belgian Gardens, West End, Manton, and Magnetic Island.