Council has issued a public notice for the 21st May 2026 regarding burial sites at Cleveland Cemetery that were reserved with a deposit more than 25 years ago.
The notice aims to contact the original purchaser, or their heirs or successors to confirm whether they wish to retain or relinquish the burial site.
Council is seeking to contact the following individuals:
The persons listed below, or their heir and successors may renew their reservation by contacting Cemetery and Interment Services at Redland City Council on 07 3829 8999 within 60 days of this notice.
Names listed may be incomplete or abbreviated.
C - Catholic, P - Protestant
Notice published 21 May 2026
Council will soon issue a public notice regarding burial sites at Cleveland Cemetery that were reserved with a deposit more than 25 years ago.
The notice aims to contact the original purchaser—or their heirs, executors or next of kin - to confirm whether they wish to retain or relinquish the burial site.
We understand that circumstances, preferences and family needs can evolve over time. Some deposits from the 1970s to 1990s have contact details that are now outdated. A public notice helps ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to reach people before any deposits are withdrawn.
Only burial sites in the Cleveland Cemetery that:
are included in this process.
No burial sites with existing interments are affected.
Cleveland Cemetery currently has no burial sites available for purchase and continues to experience very high demand.
At the same time, Council no longer accepts deposits on burial sites and a right to interment expires after 25 years if not used.
Council is using multiple methods to reach affected families, including:
If you hold a deposit on a burial site, you may:
If no response is received within 90 days of the public notice:
Any withdrawn deposit will still be refunded in full if a claim is later made.
Released burial sites will be offered to people on an existing waiting list for Cleveland Cemetery. Families on that list will be contacted separately in due course. Council will not be taking enquiries from the community to purchase new rights to interments within the Cleveland Cemetery until waiting periods have been undertaken and the existing waiting list has been contacted.
You can request a copy of a historical full interment right by submitting a request via Cemeteries Enquiry Form. A fee of $16.00 applies to cover document retrieval and processing. Once your request and payment are received, the documents will be provided within 28 days
For general enquiries or information regarding the public notice, we kindly ask that you submit your enquiry via email where possible, due to the high volume of enquiries we receive.
More information
For further information or assistance, please complete our Cemeteries Enquiry Form.
Alternatively, you can contact our Cemetery and Interment Services Unit on (07) 3829 8570 or via email at cemetery@redland.qld.gov.au.