also provides the options of interring ashes in walls, memorial gardens with boulders/rocks/walls available for memorial inscriptions. Alternatively, under the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 (Part 4, Section 52.4.b), a cemetery authority can give notice of possible revocation of interment rights for unused rights for plots (50 years and older). Belmont and Whitebridge Cemeteries have unused Interment Right burial plots with a potential to use those plots where those rights are more than fifty years old. Whitebridge, Belmont and Catherine Hill Bay cemeteries have very limited capacity for new burial sites. This shortage of land may create the need to identify the location of unknown/unmarked burials to ascertain requirements to better manage the sites. Technology can assist in identifying unmarked burials using non-destructive processes. An aerial (drone) survey as part of this project was successful in identifying numerous graves at Morisset Cemetery. GPR also has the potential in some cemeteries to identify burials. The successful use of GPR however, is largely dependent on several factors including the type of soils, the age of the burial and the skill of the operator in interpreting the data. The following table details the current available capacity at LMCC Cemeteries. Table 6 LMCC Cemeteries – current interment availability Cemetery Belmont Cemetery
Catherine Hill Bay Cemetery
Johnston (Barnsley) Family Cemetery Morisset Cemetery
Martinsville Pioneer Cemetery Toronto Cemetery
West Wallsend Cemetery
Whitebridge Cemetery
Wyee Cemetery
Burial available Immediate use burials are available for one plot only. Council allocates the site location; burials are excavated to double depth (where conditions allow) and in consecutive order so use of land is sustainable. No reservations for additional plots are available. Perpetual Interment Rights for plots are available for reservation and immediate need. Only available for existing reservations and has no religious denominations. Some existing reservation in the ‘old sections. All new burials are lawn burials and are set out in the general rows on the western side of the cemetery. Perpetual Interment Rights for plots are available for reservation and immediate need. Rows are set out in general and denominational sections. Perpetual Interment Rights for plots are available for reservation and immediate need. Plot burials in West Wallsend Cemetery are only available for existing reservations. Immediate use burials are available for one plot only. Council allocates the site location; burials are excavated to double depth (where conditions allow) and in consecutive order so use of land is sustainable. No reservations for additional plots are available The soil structure in the cemetery is very hard and rocky and the ground is suitable for single depth burials only. Perpetual Interment
Other Interment of ashes in existing plots, memorial gardens, columbaria, memorial boulder Interment of ashes in existing plots, columbaria, memorial boulder Interment of ashes in existing plots. Interment of ashes in existing plots, columbaria, memorial wall Interment of ashes in existing plots. Interment of ashes in existing plots, columbaria. Interment of ashes in existing plots, columbaria. Interment of ashes in existing plots, columbaria, memorial boulder.
Interment of ashes in existing plots, memorial boulder.
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