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Visit this page for a list of our upcoming funerals and services. 

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We participate in and hold a range of events with the help of volunteers and community groups.

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For phone enquiries, GMCT’s customer care team attends to all calls in the first instance. 
For enquiries with a client services consultant, the calls will be transferred subject to their availability. We aim to respond to all call-backs within one business day, and emails within two business days. 
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Contact information for the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT). 

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Accessibility

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Disability Access and Inclusion Plan

Operational updates and works (6)

Our Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) formalises our commitment to creating a fair and equal workplace. 

Gender Equality Action Plan

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This page contains information about GMCT's Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan (DISAP). 

Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan

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This page contains information about GMCT's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). 

Reconciliation Action Plan 

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About us

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Find out more about how we engage with the local communities surrounding our locations, and how to get involved. 

Community

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Altona Memorial Park sundial feature

Complaints policy

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If you're attending a funeral or visiting our sites for more than 15 minutes you are required to check in for covid-19 contact tracing purposes. Please click on the "check in" button to enter in your details.

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Deceased search

Global Settings

Click here to view the accessibility features available at GMCT's venues.

Fawkner Memorial Park (8)


Our new memorial park at Harkness will be Victoria's largest new cemetery in over 100 years.


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Harkness Memorial Park

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When someone has died

Client Services support 

If you or someone you know needs someone to talk to, here are some recognised counselling services to assist.

Getting support

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Financial help

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Collecting cremated remains

What to do

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History and Heritage Hub

Operational updates and works (5)

Guide to family history

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Historical groups and societies

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Discover Cemeteries

Family and history

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What to expect when visiting a cemetery

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Attending a service

Visiting a cemetery

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Planning ahead checklist

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Pre-purchasing

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About burial

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About cremation

Planning ahead

The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT)

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Harkness Breaking Ground Ceremony - 1

Construction will soon commence at Harkness Memorial Park.

Ground breaking moment for Harkness Memorial Park

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From 1 July 2025, our prices will increase by 2.5% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) set by the State Government. 

Price increases from 1 July 2025

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Keilor monumental graves 

Construction of new graves and gardens is underway at Keilor Cemetery until mid-June 2025.

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What to do

Visiting a cemetery

Visiting a cemetery

Planning ahead

Planning ahead

Family and history

Family and history

Today's funerals

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Ground breaking moment for Harkness Memorial Park

Price increases from 1 July 2025

New grave construction works underway at Keilor Cemetery

Harkness Memorial Park