Springvale Necropolis Plaques

As the 25 year tenure on some commemorative rocks, trees, rosebushes and wall niches at cremation sites at Springvale Necropolis expires the ashes and plaques are being removed.

With the kind permission of the Necropolis Trust, the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies are photographing each of the plaques and compiling an alphabetical, searchable database.

The Index is free to search and the images available from the Institute for a charge of $10.00 per image.

Known Next-of-Kin were advised and given the option of:

(a)    paying required amount for continued tenure
(b)    reclaiming ashes and plaque
(c)    reclaiming plaque and scattering the ashes privately
(d)    Do nothing and the Necropolis will scattered the ashes in the Rose Garden and melt the plaque down for scrap (and any monies involved are to be donated to charity).

To ensure that a record remains of the expired tenure plaques, members of the AIGS photographed and indexed each plaque. The index can be searched without charge and a copy of the image purchased for a small charge. We do not claim that the Index is a complete list of ‘tenure expired’ plaques as a percentage of families reclaim their plaques and/or ashes and so are not available for recording.

Many plaques contain only the name of the deceased and the death date, however some do contain more detailed information. The variable lighting conditions under which images were recorded explains the some times less-than-perfect images, however the AIGS always aimed for the best results possible.

Once the plaques are removed from the sites and final arrangements made, the only image of the plaque would be via this Index. This is an on-going project and is expected to include up to 14,000 images when it is finalised.

'Expired - Tenure' Plaques at Springvale Necropolis

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