Reservations

Pre-purchasing an interment site allows you to decide on a location and can make an emotional and distressing time easier on your family.

Contact our cemetery officer to make an appointment to meet with you either at the cemetery or in the office to discuss your preferred site. Once a site has been selected, you will need to complete a Perpetual Interment Right Contract and pay a fee. 

Immediate use burial sites will be arranged with your funeral director at the time of need and they will liaise with us on your behalf.

Council plaque placements

The cost for a standard lawn plaque is included in the purchase of site. You will need to supply the wording you and your family have chosen for the plaque.

We understand that this can be difficult and our cemetery officer can assist you with the wording if required. If you would like a photo on the plaque, please provide us with a digital image or a good quality photo.

Plaque wording can only be arranged by the Interment Right Holder.

Memorial Plaques and Monuments

Memorial Plaques:
When purchasing At need perpetual Interment options including Lawn Interment, memorial garden and Columbarium wall sites, Council supplies and installs a standard bronze memorial plaque included in the cost of Interment.

There are a number of customised memorial plaque and memorial options now available from Council if you would like to create that extra special memorial. Councils Cemetery officer will assist you with arranging your memorial plaque along with wording and explain applicable fees and charges.

Monument Options Denominational Cemeteries:
The Perpetual Interment Right Holder has the authority to make application to Council for the construction of a monument on an Interment site within Councils denominational Cemeteries. The Perpetual Interment Right Holder will apply with the assistance of a licenced monumental mason and Council will assess and provide necessary approvals.

The Perpetual Interment Right Holder is responsible for maintenance of the monument into perpetuity.

Please note, fees and charges apply and approvals are required for any works undertaken within Cessnock Cemeteries.

Columbarium walls and ash gardens

We will ask to sight a copy of the will or proof the applicant has the right to arrange placement of ashes, as ashes form part of the deceased estate.

You will need to supply the wording you and your family have chosen for the plaque. If you would like a photo on the plaque, please provide us with a digital image or a good quality photo.

Lawn Cemetery tributes

Council may remove and dispose of any prohibited item (including monuments, cremated remains or floral tributes) which have been placed on or near to a burial site (or any other part of a cemetery) without permit or approval. 

Please note the following: 

  • Only approved flower containers (supplied by Council) are to be used, and the placing of glass containers, vases or jars inside the cemetery boundary is strictly prohibited.
  • Council will retain any items removed from the cemetery lawn for a maximum of one month. Please contact Council within this time frame if you wish to collect an item which has been removed. 
  • Council staff will carry out a full sweep of the lawn cemeteries and remove all prohibited items prior to Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas Day.
  • Council staff will show discretion around birthday and anniversary dates of those interred in the lawn cemeteries. 

To make an appointment with our Cemetery Officer please call (02) 4993 4100

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