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Grave concerns: Outrage over ‘undignified’ burial

A grieving Sunshine Coast man visiting his brother’s gravesite said he and his wife felt an "indescribable" anger when they...

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03rd Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

GRAVE CONCERNS: Alan and Brigitte McCleary are concerned that people being buried at Witta Cemetery are not being treated with respect. Photo: John McCutcheon / Sunshine Coast Daily

Burial mix-up leaves family digging mum’s grave

A Queensland man says he was forced to dig the hole at his own mother’s burial service when the family arrived to find...

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27th Nov. 2019 6:11 AM

Colin Garrow and his family was forced to dig the burial plot of his mothers ashes at Belgian Gardens Cemetery

Burial trend putting pressure on cemeteries

Some of Brisbane’s oldest cemeteries are under added pressure, with a growing obsession increasing the number of people...

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28th Sept. 2019 9:09 AM

Quiet burial for Tunisia's former dictator

Tunisia's ousted dictator Zine Abidine Ben Ali has been buried in Saudi Arabia without fanfare; a ceremony to accept...

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22nd Sept. 2019 10:09 AM

In this Oct.11, 2009 file photo, then Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali waves from his car as he arrives at campaign rally in Rades, outside Tunis.

Underwater graveyard proposed for Coast waterway

AN UNDERWATER burial ground in one of the Gold Coast’s most popular waterways is on the agenda, with city leaders...

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17th July 2018 2:07 PM

A growing shortage of space in the Coast's cemeteries has been a growing concern for a decade.

Nimbin couple who staged bizarre burial face court hearing

THE man and woman have been sentenced over their failure to report a death of the man, who was secretly buried on a...

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04th June 2018 5:06 AM

Gravestones at the East Ballina Cemetery. Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star

Snakeskin, crystals used in bizarre burial ritual: police

POLICE believe man died three days before his body was uncovered on a rural Northern Rivers property.

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21st March 2018 7:03 AM

A couple have faced court accused of lying about a man's death and then burying him.

Is this where Jesus was buried?

SECRETS have been revealed about a tomb in Jerusalem which is now widely considered to be the resting place of Jesus...

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01st Dec. 2017 6:12 AM

Greek archaeologists have been working since June 2016 to restore the tomb, believed to be the place where Jesus Christ was buried and then resurrected from after his crucification.

Body of man shot dead by police in limbo as family fueds

THE body of a man shot dead by police at Tewantin last weekend remains in the morgue because of a familydispute about where...

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29th Nov. 2014 6:11 AM

Police shot and killed a 51 year old man on Outlook Drive at Tewantin after the man allegedly had a weapon. Photo: Cade Mooney / Sunshine Coast Daily

Muslims want 'dedicated' plots to bury their loved ones

THE lack of a dedicated Muslim burial site in Rocky has meant Islamic families have had to send loved ones away to be...

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05th Nov. 2013 9:11 AM

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