New Unanderra crematorium caters for ‘taller, heavier population’

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 26 2018 - 9:57am, first published 9:55am
Up to standard: Proposing the facility last year, Parsons Funerals director Alan Parsons said his company's crematorium plans would provide competition within the industry and meet regualtions. Picture: Adam McLean.
Up to standard: Proposing the facility last year, Parsons Funerals director Alan Parsons said his company's crematorium plans would provide competition within the industry and meet regualtions. Picture: Adam McLean.

A controversial new crematorium will celebrate its opening in Unanderra on Saturday, with the operators saying the event will be the realisation of a 72-year-old family dream.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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