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Native Flora at Lilydale Memorial Park

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

Upcoming funerals

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What we offer

Locations

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The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Community Engagement Event

We host events across our cemeteries, often in partnership with local volunteers and community groups.

What's on

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News

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Native red flowers 

Customer care team – <a href="tel:1300022298">1300 022 298</a> 
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. 
Please contact us by filling out the form below:

Contact information for The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust. 

Contact us

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Accessibility

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Our Disability Access and Inclusion Plan is roadmap for ensuring every person can visit and honour their loved ones in spaces designed with care, dignity, and a genuine understanding of diverse needs. 

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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Governance structure

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Community Members at a GMCT Cemetery Event

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

Community

Careers

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Resources

Forms

Terms of use

Freedom of information

Privacy policy

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Altona Memorial Park sundial feature

Complaints policy

Media releases

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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What to do 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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Soft Focus Wattle

Financial help and concessions

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Collecting cremated remains

What to do

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History and Heritage Hub

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Historic cemetery grounds at Fawkner Memorial Park

Family history search guide 

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Historical groups and societies

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Discover Cemeteries

Family and history

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Cemetery horticulture workers stand in front of a green tractor

Learn what to expect during your visit to our cemeteries and memorial parks. Understand our maintenance practices, seasonal changes, and how our teams care for these meaningful spaces. 

What to expect when visiting a cemetery

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Attending a service

Visiting a cemetery

Second Avenue, Fawkner 

End of life planning checklist

Meeting at Altona Memorial Park

Pre-purchasing

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About burial

Cremation urn

About cremation

Planning ahead

The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT)

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All Souls Day Graphic 2025

Join us this All Souls’ Day to commemorate the lives and legacies of loved ones who are no longer with us.

All Souls Day Masses 2025

Djerriwarrh Festival

We loved meeting so many of you at last year's Djerriwarrh Festival - and we'll be back again with exciting updates about Harkness Memorial Park! 

Visit GMCT at Melton’s Djerriwarrh Festival

Join the Friends of Coburg Cemetery for a guided tour exploring the hidden meanings behind cemetery symbols and iconography.

Symbols of the Cemetery - Guided Tour with Friends of Coburg Cemetery

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The May Street entrance and the western end of the River Red Gum Circuit at Northern Memorial Park are temporarily closed for construction, with alternative access available via Evell Street and Box Forest Road, Glenroy. 

Traffic changes at Northern Memorial Park

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Worker operating an excavator

From Monday 3 November, a section of Sixth Avenue at Fawkner Memorial Park will be temporarily closed for kerb replacement and road resurfacing.

What to do

What to do

Visiting a cemetery

Visiting a cemetery

Planning ahead

Planning ahead

Family and history

Family and history

Today's funerals

Our services

Locations

What's on

All Souls Day Masses 2025

Visit GMCT at Melton’s Djerriwarrh Festival

Symbols of the Cemetery - Guided Tour with Friends of Coburg Cemetery

Latest news

Traffic changes at Northern Memorial Park

Traffic changes at Fawkner Memorial Park

Preston Cemetery office update

Harkness Memorial Park