Many people find comfort in having a special place to visit after the passing of a family member or loved one, even if the cremated remains have been scattered elsewhere.  A memorial is a symbolic place shared with family, friends and future generations.  

Geelong Cemeteries Trust offers a range of tranquil memorial options especially set aside for loved ones, including roses, shrubs, garden positions, family gardens, garden seats in our gardens providing a place for personal reflection and commemoration.

Please contact our friendly staff to make an appointment to discuss your memorialisation options.

It is always best to start at our Administration office.  We will check the records and advise you on permissible memorials for your position.  The Trust can arrange the memorial and installation for you or, if necessary, refer you to a Monumental Mason who can manufacture and install a monument on your behalf.

Please contact our friendly staff to discuss your options.

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Yes, it is not necessary for the cremated remains to be placed within the memorial to create a place of remembrance within one of our cemeteries.  We offer a range of tranquil memorial options especially set aside for loved ones, including roses, shrubs, garden positions, family gardens, garden seats in our gardens providing a place for personal reflection and commemoration.  A written memorial in our Book of Remembrance is also possible.

Please contact our friendly staff to make an appointment to discuss your memorialisation options.

In most cemeteries the Holder of The Right of Interment to the burial site (or if that person is the deceased, their executor, administrator or authorised person) is the only person who has the authority to place a memorial on a burial site or cremation memorial site.  Check with our cemetery staff first as prior approval will be required.

Where a person who is not the Holder of the Right and has no proof that they are acting on behalf of the Holder of the Right or the original Holder cannot be contacted (i.e. they are overseas or they are deceased), the Trust may be willing to accept a Statutory Declaration from the applicant, in addition to the completed application form.

Most memorials fall into four categories:

• Bronze, Brass or Natural Stone (e.g. marble or granite) plaques (cremation memorial or lawn site).
• Natural Stone (e.g. marble or granite) headstone (usually upright in a lawn section).
• Full Monument (usually of natural stone where the total gravesite is covered with a headstone and ledger (slab).
• Memorial Book (commemorative calligraphy inscription in a memorial book such as a Book of Remembrance, which is located in the foyer at Geelong Memorial Park & Crematorium for public viewing).

When considering your selection, contact our friendly staff to discuss your options.

Almost everything is available to be pre-purchased – Graves, Burial Fees, Cremations, Cremation Memorials, Chapel Fees.

Please contact our friendly staff to make an appointment to discuss your options.

No, it does not cost more to pre-purchase, but it does offer the advantage of securing fees and charges at current prices, as well as ensuring your last wishes are fulfilled.

We are also pleased to be able to offer flexible payment options. We do not charge any fees to enter into a flexible payment agreement.

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Geelong Cemeteries Trust offers a wide range of memorial plaques.  Plaques choices include granite, bronze and glass and can be personalised to include a range of options such as photographs and emblems.  A display of plaques is located in our Administration office located at the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.

Please contact our friendly staff to make an appointment to discuss your options.

All Victorian Cemeteries are covered by the State Government’s VMIA insurance to cover damage to memorials caused by malicious damage (vandalism) for further information, please contact Trust staff on (03) 5249 3939 or by emailing info@gct.net.au

The Geelong Cemeteries Trust acknowledges that cemeteries are public spaces and encourages visitation to the cemeteries we administer.

We understand the community interest in genealogy, history and culture, but ask that visitors treat our sites with respect and consider other visitor’s privacy.

This includes people visiting Trust administered cemeteries to use new technologies, such as Pokémon Go and Geocaching, however we encourage people who play these activities to act safely and to be aware of their surroundings and be respectful near funerals, our staff and other visitors attending graves.

For more information, please contact our friendly staff .

No, where the Cemetery Trust is the direct manager of the adjoining Crown land it will not contribute to the cost of fencing. Cemetery Trust’s as managers of Crown land are excluded from the provisions of the Fences Act 1968 that requires property owners to share the cost of erection and maintenance of a common boundary fence.

Any fencing constructed must be of sufficient standard for the intended use of the private land, for example, a stock proof fence would be required to retain any livestock within the private property boundary.

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Fences – Establishing/ Replacing
Fencing Responsibilities when Adjoining Cemetery Land

The Cemeteries Unit at the Department of Health and Human Services has a search tool to locate contact details of all Victorian Cemetery Trusts at: http://www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-health/cemeteries-and-crematoria/cemetery-and-fee-search