Ashes interment

There are 4 options for ashes interment or a memorial available at Warringal Cemetery:

  • The Cedars Memorial Wall
  • Warringal Rose Garden or Rotunda
  • The Cedars Ashes Memorial
  • Bowen Wall and Warringal Wall

Steps for interment

Step 1.Choose and purchase a position

Select your preferred interment location and apply to purchase a position.

The Cedars Memorial Wall

  • Purchase a wall position (purchase availability only in perpetuity).
  • Review the Memorial Wall plaque information.
  • Memorial only, remains are scattered elsewhere.

Warringal Rose Garden or Rotunda

  • Purchase a garden position (25-year tenure or perpetuity).
  • Review the Garden Bed and Rotunda plaque information.

The Cedars Ashes Memorial

Currently, there is no space available in The Cedars.

Bowen Wall and Wall Niche

  • Purchase a garden position (25-year tenure or perpetuity).
  • Review the wall plaque information.

Step 2.Arrange the right

Apply for the right of interment through Department of Health(DOCX, 60KB) .

Step 3.Arrange the approval

Once you have secured a position:

  • Apply for approval to inter cremated remains through the Department of Health(DOCX, 65KB).
  • Decide on plaque wording and place your plaque order with the cemetery.
  • Pay the applicable position and plaque fees.
  • Collect the cremated remains from the funeral director or crematorium.

Step 4.Deliver the cremated remains

You can:

  • Keep the remains until the interment date.
  • Authorise the funeral director to deliver the remains to the cemetery.
  • Deliver the remains to the cemetery for safekeeping until the interment.

Step 5.Book the interment

Contact the Cemetery Team to arrange a suitable date and time for the interment ceremony at cemeteries@banyule.vic.gov.au

We require 2 business days to process all bookings. You will receive a confirmation email with interment date and time.

You also have the option of waiting for the plaque to arrive. We will contact you when the plaque is ready.

Transferring right of interment

A right of interment gives a person the legal right to decide who can be buried or memorialised in a grave, niche or memorial site. The person who holds this right can also approve future burials, memorials or other works at the site. If the holder dies or wants to pass the right to someone else, the right of interment may need to be transferred.

Our team can guide you through this process and make sure our cemetery records are updated. Start the process with the right of interment transfer form(PDF, 157KB).

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