Cemetery

Location: Cnr Centenary Avenue and O’Neill’s Road (enter from Centenary Ave)

About the Melton Public Cemetery

Serving the community since 1861, the Melton Public Cemetery is the only official cemetery to have existed in the City of Melton.

Originally administered by a trust, the cemetery transferred to Council’s control in 1922 and is currently managed by Council's Engagement & Advocacy unit.

Services we offer:

  • purchase of cremated remains memorial site
  • interments
  • assistance with locating and/or identifying graves or cremation memorial sites
  • assistance with purchasing of bronze memorial plaques 
  • maintenance and ground improvements.

Fees

Melton Cemetery Scale of Fees July 2023(DOC, 88KB) 
Memorial Permit - Scale of Fees July 2023(DOC, 48KB)

 

Please note:
Melton Cemetery has no burial sites left for the community who require a burial site for a recently deceased loved one.

More than 300 burial plots that have been pre-purchased remain, along with over 100 ashes interment sites, however burial plots will cease to be available at Melton Cemetery once the remaining sites are used.

The Greater Metropolitan Cemetery Trust (GMCT) is in the process of developing a Master Plan for the Harkness Road Cemetery development. The 128-hectare site will be the largest cemetery developed in Melbourne for more than 100 years and will provide our local community with a number of interment options. Timelines for the first stage opening of the new Harkness Cemetery is not yet determined.

Until the Harkness Cemetery opens, community members who require a burial plot can explore availability at other cemeteries, as detailed below.

Cemetery options

Altona Memorial Park | 2 Dohertys Road, Altona North.
Visit: www.gmct.com.au/our-locations/altona-memorial-park 
Bulla Cemetery | Cemetery Lane, Bulla.
Visit: www.australiancemeteries.com.au/vic/hume/bulla.htm 
Fawkner Memorial Park | 1187 Sydney Road, Hadfield.
Visit: www.gmct.com.au/our-locations/fawkner-memorial-park 
Gisborne Cemetery | 110 Aitken Street, Gisborne.
Visit: www.gct.net.au/gisborne-cemetery/ 
Keilor Cemetery | Cemetery Road and Ely Court, Keilor East.
Visit: www.gmct.com.au/our-locations/keilor-cemetery 
Maddingley General Cemetery | Griffith Street, Bacchus Marsh.
Visit: www.maddingleygeneralcemetery.com.au 
Sunbury Cemetery | 88 Shields Street, Sunbury.
Visit: www.rpcv.org.au/sunbury

For more information, contact our Engagement and Advocacy unit on 9747 7200 or email: cemetery@melton.vic.gov.au.

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