TASMANIAN ARCHIVE AND HERITAGE OFFICE
The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office holds numerous registers of burials and other documentation relating to cemeteries in Tasmania.
Search the Archives Collection for 'burial' or 'cemetery' to reveal the range of material held - some of which is available online.
See also their following guides:
Church Registers held in the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office
Launceston cemeteries and other cemetery records held at Launceston LINC
How to access Tasmanian cemetery and burial records online and in the Library.
Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Tasmania can be located in several ways. These include:
NB: Not all local governments or councils use the same navigation method or have the means to provide an online searching facility but their websites are always worth a look if their area of jurisdiction is where your cemeteries of interest are located.
The Southern Regional Cemetery Act 1981 was repealed under the Government Business Enterprises (Sale) Amendment Act 2007 and in July 2008, Millingtons Funeral Directors took over the Trust's role. However, the State's interests under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002 continue to be administered by the Department of Premier & Cabinet.
Millingtons currently manage the following six cemeteries in the Hobart area:
Millingtons provide a Records Search facility on their website for all except the Ponville Catholic cemetery.
A consolidated index and listing of all memorials transcribed to 1998 except Carr Villa, Launceston and Cornelian Bay.
