MFHS holds the following collections:

Deaths, burials and memorials

• Mackay Funeral Directors records of burials July 1923-May 1993
• Townson collection of funeral, memorial and obituaries from local papers 1984-2017 (2018 will be available by the end of 2019)
• Melrose & Fenwick Stonemason’s funeral notices also from local papers 1955-1984
• Burial & monumental inscriptions
  • Mackay & Mt Bassett cemeteries
  • Mirani & Walkerston cemeteries
  • Collinsville – burials
  •  Mt Morgan 1890-1980
  • Charters Towers
• Digital photographs of gravestones and cemetery for:
  • Mackay (completed) & Mt Bassett (ongoing)
  •  Proserpine
  •  North Queensland cemeteries
  •  Nebo Cemetery
  • Ayr & Home Hill