Collinsville Cemetery - Collinsville , Qld, Australia
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S 20° 34.147 E 147° 50.251
55K E 587291 N 7725314
The cemetery of a coal mining town
Waymark Code: WM12Q7C
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 07/01/2020
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The Collinsville Cemetery was gazetted in 1927, to serve the mining townships of Collinsville and the smaller Scottville. The earliest grave in the cemetery is that of Agnes Ramage who died on 11 September 1927, aged 33 years.
The cemetery was the second in Collinsville. The first proved unsuitable because of the hardness of the soil which meant explosives had to be used to excavate each of the gravesites.
The Cemetery is the burial place of the seven miners killed in the Number One Tunnel of the Collinsville State Coal Mine at 5.50pm on Wednesday 13 October 1954.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Collinsville
Approximate number of graves: 500
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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