Hiram Philp Pre-Arranged Funeral Plan, East Toowoomba, QLD

Hiram Philp Funerals began in 1903. Before a Crematorium was built in Toowoomba staff would sometimes travel to Brisbane 3-4 times a week to attend cremation services with families. Hiram Philp Funerals established many firsts in the Funeral Industry on the Downs. They conducted the first burial at the Drayton and Toowoomba Lawn Cemetery. Hiram Philp carried out the first burial on the 20th May 1966 and the first Cremation on the 2nd September 1969, at the Garden of Remembrance Cemetery and Crematorium.