| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; In the Midst of Life ... ; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 When Death Comes Home; Where We Die; Causes of Death; Australia's Original Inhabitants; Registration of Death; Preparation of the Body; Burial or Cremation; Autopsies, Organ and Body Donations; 2 Dealing with Grief; The Grief Process; Help in Time of Grief; Aboriginal Mourning Rituals; Non-Christian Religious Mourning Rituals; Mourning in Victorian Times; Viewing the Body; 3 Graves and Graveyards; Aboriginal Burial; Lone Graves; Sydney; Convict Burial; Melbourne; The Goldfields; Brisbane; Perth |
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Adelaide4 Headstones and Epitaphs; Epitaphs; 5 New Directions; The Coming of the Railways; Crematoria; Lawn Cemeteries and Memorial Parks; Children and Burial; 6 The Funeral Service; The Anglican Service; The Roman Catholic Service; The Presbyterian Service; The Methodist Service; The Uniting Church Service; Other Protestant Services; Orthodox Services; Jewish Services; Muslim Services; Buddhist Services; Hindu Services; Non-religious Services; 7 The Funeral Procession; The Earliest Australian Funerals; Mutes and feathermen; Palls; Hearses; The Victorian Funeral; The Funeral Reform Movement |
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The Twentieth Century8 The Place of the Funeral Director; The First Undertakers; The Work of the Funeral Director; Styles of Funeral Service; Children's Funerals; Trade Associations and Unions; Funeral Advertising; Women in the Funeral Industry; Qualifications for the Task; 9 Funeral Costs-Value for Money?; The Nineteenth Century; The Twentieth Century; Cemetery Fees; The Cost of Dying; The Low-cost Funeral; The Do-it-Yourself Funeral; The Future; 10 Why Funerals?; The Two Directions of Death; Identity and Solidarity; Affirmation of the Social Order; Future Trends; Notes; Index |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tobin, Des
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| ISBN |
9780522863253 |
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0522863256 |
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