Cemeteries

• Banyule Cemeteries Trust
• Warringal Cemetery (Heidelberg)
• Greensborough Cemetery
• Hawdon Street Cemetery
• Monumental Masons/Stonemasons
• Warringal Cemetery Services

Banyule Cemeteries Trust

The Banyule Cemeteries Trust is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Warringal Cemetery and the Greensborough Cemetery.  The Hawdon Street cemetery is a memorial park now under the responsibility of Banyule City Council, not the Banyule Cemeteries Trust.

At the meeting of the Banyule Cemeteries Trust on the 29 July 1996 it was resolved that Warringal Public Cemetery Trust and Greensborough Public Cemetery Trust be amalgamated, the formal title being Banyule Cemeteries Trust.

The Banyule Cemeteries Trust is managed by Banyule City Council under the Local Government Act .  The Trust must comply with the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 and the Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations 2005.  All statutory requirements must be submitted through the Department of Health and require the signature of three Trust Members (Councillors).

All cemetery trusts are incorporated.  Banyule Cemeteries Trust is a separate legal entity whose one and only member is the whole Council of the Banyule City Council. The Local Government Act plays no part in the day to day operations of the cemetery.

Visit: www.legislation.vic.gov.au . For the Act click on "Victorian Law Today", select "Acts", then search alphabetically or using the search function for "Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003". For the Regulations click on "Victorian Law Today", select "Statutory Rules", then search alphabetically or using the search function for "Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations 2005".

Visit: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/health/cemeteries .

Warringal Cemetery (Heidelberg)

The Warringal Cemetery was established in 1855 and was managed by the Warringal Cemetery Trust until 1980 when control was transferred to the City of Heidelberg.  The Cemetery was closed in 1982 for the sale of burial plots, with only burials taking place in plots which had already been purchased.  The Cemetery was reopened for the sale of new burial plots and ashes memorials on the 30^th August 1993.

In December 1996, after twelve months of planning and consultation, the Trust resolved to extend the Warringal Cemetery into part of the adjacent Powlett Street road reserve.  This road reserve had been zoned "cemetery purposes" under the Planning Scheme since 1955.  The size of the extension was determined by providing for anticipated income to cover improved amenity and maintenance for a considerable period, without encroaching upon the road reserve more than necessary.

Warringal Cemetery is the primary operational cemetery.  The cemetery currently has a limited number of grave sites available for sale for "as needs" burials only.  There are also a number of ashes memorial positions available for sale for 25 year tenure or in perpetuity.  The ashes memorial positions are available in a wall niche, garden bed or around the historic cedar trees off Powlett Street.

Warringal Cemetery is open every day.  The main gates are opened at 9.00am and close at 5.00pm (6.00pm during summer time).  There is pedestrian access 24 hours/day through three pedestrian access gates:

• Off Upper Heidelberg Road
• Off Darebin Street (near Powlett Street)
• Off Brown Street (near Powlett Street)

Greensborough Cemetery

The Greensborough Cemetery was established in 1863 and was managed by trustees until the Shire of Diamond Valley took over management in 1979.  Burials in the Greensborough Cemetery were discontinued in 1978.  In 2003, the cemetery was reopened to allow burials in graves that had been purchased prior to the closure being made.

Greensborough Cemetery is open every day.

Hawdon Street Cemetery

This cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the municipality.  The cemetery at 189 Hawdon Street, Heidelberg is managed by Banyule City Council as a memorial park.  This cemetery was established in 1849 by six local men who became the Trustees.  When the last surviving Trustee died in 1897, the cemetery passed into the care of St John's Church of England, Heidelberg.  Control of the cemetery passed to the City of Heidelberg in 1982.

Hawdon Street Cemetery is open every day.

Monumental Masons/Stonemasons

All monumental masons/stonemasons must submit an application and appropriate fee prior to carrying out any work within the cemetery grounds.  This application must be on the prescribed form - Application to Establish or Alter a Memorial - available on the Cemeteries and Crematoria Association of Victoria (CCAV) website.  The current fee schedule for monumental masons/stonemasons is available on the Warringal and Greensborough Cemetery Price Lists.

www.ccav.org.au/association

Warringal Cemetery Services

Burials

All bookings for burials in new or existing graves at Banyule Cemeteries Trust cemeteries (Warringal or Greensborough), must be made through a funeral director.  Funeral Directors will make the necessary arrangements with Trust staff to have the grave opened and ready for burial on the appointed day and time.

Ashes Memorials/Interment of Cremated Remains

Members of the public can purchase ashes memorial positions directly from the Banyule Cemeteries Trust.  Interment of cremated remains can be arranged in private graves or in any of the ashes memorial positions currently available for sale.  Ashes memorial positions are only available at Warringal Cemetery.  Trust staff can be contacted on 9490 4222 for any enquiries.

Ashes memorial positions are available in the following areas:

• Wall Niche
• Garden Bed & Rotunda
• The Cedars

For details on the process required for the interment of cremated remains, please refer to the information sheet.

Wall Niche Ashes Memorials

Warringal Cemetery has a small wall niche area constructed just inside the main gate off Upper Heidelberg Road, Heidelberg.  There are only a small number of positions available in this area.  Please contact Trust staff on 9490 4222 and they will be able to confirm availability of wall niche positions.  Special plaques seal the cremated remains into the wall niche and therefore must be ordered well in advance of the interment day.

An Application for Purchase form together with an Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains form must be submitted.  If you wish to order a plaque* through the cemetery, this order must also be submitted.

• Application for Purchase (25 year tenure) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in a Wall Niche
• Application for Purchase (perpetuity) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in a Wall Niche
• Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains
• Wall Niche Plaque Information

Garden Bed & Rotunda Garden Bed Ashes Memorials

Garden bed and Rotunda garden bed cremated remains positions can be found just inside the main gate off Upper Heidelberg Road, Heidelberg.  There are quite a number of positions available in this area.  Please contact Trust staff on 9490 4222 to make an appointment to select a position.  Interment of cremated remains in this area can be made before or after ordering a plaque.

An Application for Purchase form together with an Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains form must be submitted.  If you wish to order a plaque* through the cemetery, this order must also be submitted.

• Application for Purchase (25 year tenure) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in a Garden Bed
• Application for Purchase (perpetuity) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in a Garden Bed
• Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains
• Garden Bed and Rotunda Garden Bed Plaque Information

The Cedars Ashes Memorials

Select ashes memorial positions are available around the cedar trees located in the lawn grave area, "The Cedars" off Powlett Street, Heidelberg.  The Trust only allows 4 positions around each cedar tree.  Please contact Trust staff on 9490 4222 to make an appointment to select a position.  Plaques in this area are placed on small granite bases in keeping with the lawn grave plaques.  Interment of cremated remains can be made before or after ordering a plaque.

An Application for Purchase form together with an Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains form must be submitted.  If you wish to order a plaque* through the cemetery, this order must also be submitted.

• Application for Purchase (25 year tenure) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in The Cedars
• Application for Purchase (perpetuity) Right of Interment of Cremated Remains in The Cedars
• Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains
• The Cedars Ashes Memorial Plaque Information

Memorialisation

Warringal Cemetery has constructed a memorial wall where families can place a plaque to commemorate a loved one.  The memorial wall is ideal for those whose loved one's cremated remains may have been scattered elsewhere or where burial may have occurred overseas.  Customers can purchase a position on the wall and then place a small bronze plaque with an inscription of their choice.

An Application for Purchase form together with the form The Cedars Memorial Wall must be submitted.  If you wish to order a plaque* through the cemetery, this order must also be submitted.

• Application for Purchase (perpetuity) Right to a Memorial Wall Position in The Cedars
• Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains
• The Cedars Memorial Wall Plaque Information

* Plaque Orders - Families are under no obligation to order a plaque through the Banyule Cemeteries Trust (Banyule City Council).  Plaques are also available for purchase from stonemasons.  If families wish to obtain a plaque through another source, the plaque must be made to the specifications of the Banyule Cemeteries Trust.  This information can be provided upon request.