Cremation: The History
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), January 30, 2010
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...British Empire viewed cremation as a practice of heathens and pagans. The push for cremation arose during the British funeral reform...opposed it. In 1886, the Vatican issued a decree labelling it a pagan practice. The main advocate of cremations in Australia was Dr John Mildred Creed. Early non-indigenous cremations in Australia: * A Chinese...