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​A Special Event with Guest Speaker

Hilda McLean

'Death and Burial Practices
1840s to 1950s' 

The seminar will cover how Australia's funerary and burial practices were influenced by the customs of the countries of origin, looking closely at the UK and Ireland.
 
The reign of Queen Victoria deeply influenced how people responded to death here in Australia.
​It was during the Edwardian Era we saw changes brought about by WWI.
 
The talk focuses mainly on Queensland and the South East, and in general the Commonwealth.

  • Buried Close to Home – examining burial places prior to the establishment of gazetted cemeteries in the 1870s
  • How burial practices were adapted to the tropics – and the types of documents generated locally by a death

Seminar Details

​Day:    Saturday

​Date:   17 April 2021

​Time:   1.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Location:  Upstairs Room 1 
Bicentennial Building
833 Nerang-Southport Road
Nerang  Qld  4211

Seminar Price:
GCFHS Members $15.00
​Non-Members $20.00

Register Now

​This Event is open to both GCFHS members and the general public, bookings are essential as numbers will be limited. Registration is now open.


​Dr Hilda Maclean
is a professional historian, genealogist, and archival researcher with over twenty years’ experience researching north and central Queensland family and pastoral histories. Since 2012, Hilda has been casually engaged by the University of Queensland Culture and Heritage Unit to conduct genealogical and historical research including Indigenous/Chinese families of the Gulf of Carpentaria while completing her PhD in colonial era burial practices. Hilda regularly presents workshops on genealogical and archival research methodology and has presented at international conferences.


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Hilda McLean

Gold Coast Family History Society is organising a series of talks by well renowned experts to help you with your research in 2021.
All are open to both GCFHS members and the general public for a small fee, bookings will be essential as numbers will be limited.  Visit our Up Coming Events page to see a list of future events .

Up Coming Events
Contact:
p. 07 5690 1644
During Opening Hours
e. 
[email protected]
w. www.goldcoastfhs.org.au

Opening Hours:
Tuesday:      9.30 am - 2.00 pm
Wednesday:  9.30 am - 2.00 pm
Thursday:     11.00 am - 8.30 pm

Saturday:      10.00 am - 4.30 pm
Library Address: 
Room 3, Bicentennial Building
833 Nerang-Southport Rd, Nerang  QLD  4211
Mailing Address:
PO Box 2763  Southport BC  Qld 4215

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