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Synagogues:

Beit Knesset Shalom [Apr 2013]

Brisbane Synagogue [Apr 2013]

Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation (BPJC) [Apr 2013]

  • (The BD_BD) the online resource for information about Jewish burials at all cemeteries within Australasia and Oceania plus Australian War Graves.

Cemeteries:

The cemeteries in Brisbane are owned and managed by the Brisbane City Council. The Brisbane Chevra Kadisha has a Jewish section at the Toowong Cemetery (now closed) and the Mt Gravatt Cemetery. [Apr 2013]

  • Lang Park Cemetery: also see Toowong Cemetery
  • Lawn Jewish Cemetery and Memorial Gardens
  • MT GRAVATT CEMETERY: 582 Mains Road, Macgregor. Tel: 07 3403 7765. Chapel exists. grave record search [Apr 2014]

    Section 4C: reserved for the Jewish community and is managed by the Brisbane Chevra Kadisha.

    Section 4C(ii): The Brisbane Chevra Kadisha recently separated section 4C creating a sub-section 4C(ii) to allow the Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation (BPJC) jurisdiction and management over burials. For further information about burials in this section, please contact them directly.

    Mt Thompson Crematorium: 373 Nursery Rd, Holland Park, Brisbane

    Paddington Cemetery: Jewish Section: Several pioneer burial noted. [Apr 2013]

    Brisbane General Cemetery. 304 Birdwood Terrace at Frederick Street. TOOWONG CEMETERY Jewish section  (now closed). Corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong. Tel: 07 3407 8128. Toowong Walking Trail: The original Brisbane Jewish cemetery at Lang Park site, now Suncorp Stadium on Caxton Street in Paddington, was deconsecrated In 1921. Somegraves were relocated to the Jewish section at Toowong Cemetery established in 1878, two years after the opening of the general cemetery in which it stands. Toowong Jewish Cemetery has approximately 800 Jewish graves and about twenty unused spaces, most of which are reserved. Download a burial guide. [Apr 2013]