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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.

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Accessibility

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

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

Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan

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

Reconciliation Action Plan

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Altona Memorial Park sundial feature

Complaints policy

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Eucalyptus Leaves at Lilydale Memorial Park

Search GMCT cemetery records to find a grave across our cemeteries and memorial parks in Victoria. Use our interactive cemetery map to explore burial locations visually or search by name and details using our deceased search form. Fill in confirmed details to locate burial records spanning over 100 years of history.

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

Fawkner Memorial Park (8)

We are proud to launch our first Community Engagement Framework. This framework sets out how and why we engage, what the community can influence, and how community voices shape our work. 

Shaping how we engage with our community

From 1 July 2026, our prices will increase by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) set by the State Government.

Price increases from 1 July 2026

Preston Cemetery office will now open on Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays. Visits are by appointment only. 

Preston Cemetery office operating day change

Woods Road will remain closed until January 2027 due to road works. Visitors will need to use a signposted detour to access the temporary cemetery entrance. 

Updated: alternative entrance to Truganina Cemetery 

Last week, we took members of the GMCT Board, Executive Team and Community Advisory Committee (CAC) behind the scenes for a guided tour of our new cemetery development at Harkness Memorial Park. 

Touring Harkness Memorial Park 

Reception across our locations will be open from 10am to 2pm this Father's Day 

Special operating hours this Father's Day 

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Community Engagement Framework 2026

Announcements

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Preston Cemetery

Operational updates 

Operational updates and works (8)

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Exec and Trust visit to Harkness

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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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We offer burial, cremation and memorial options to help you create a meaningful tribute for someone you love.

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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. 

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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

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

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