2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-013-0231-4
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Economy and Respectability: Textiles from the North Brisbane Burial Ground

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“…The cemeteries were each located on dissected slopes of clay developed over phyllite bedrock (McGowan, 2008:197). Generally, bodies were buried in hexagonal wooden coffins covered inside and out with textiles (Prangnell and McGowan, 2013). There is contemporary documentary evidence that some burials were interred at quite shallow depths.…”
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“…The cemeteries were each located on dissected slopes of clay developed over phyllite bedrock (McGowan, 2008:197). Generally, bodies were buried in hexagonal wooden coffins covered inside and out with textiles (Prangnell and McGowan, 2013). There is contemporary documentary evidence that some burials were interred at quite shallow depths.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In 1875, the Brisbane Courier (5/3/1875:2) reported that children's and adults' graves in the Anglican cemetery were only being dug to a depth of 3 ft (0.91 m), apparently upon instructions from the Trustees. After its closure, the Burial Ground became overgrown and neglected for a period of 36 years, before being redeveloped into parkland (Prangnell and McGowan, 2013). Low-lying parts were used as a municipal landfill and nightsoil disposal site from 1914 until the early 1960s (Prangnell and McGowan, 2009).…”
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confidence: 99%