News & Events

Upcoming environmental works at Altona will fast track the opening of a new memorial parkland and community nature reserve.

GMCT's online GIS mapping function has been updated to help you pinpoint locations during your visit. 

A successful volunteer-run group is working to share the rich history and heritage of Williamstown Cemetery, bringing the community together and drawing people back to their local cemetery in the process.

Would you like to have a say on matters relating to your local cemetery? Join GMCT’s new online Community Voice Panel to help shape the future of cemeteries and memorialisation in your community.

New information available online provides insight into those interred at Northcote Cemetery – a quaint cemetery in Melbourne’s northern suburbs which closed 110 years ago.

Please note Footscray Cemetery is inside the exclusion zone around this morning's factory fire in Tottenham in Melbourne's west.  

New data shows that a growing number of ‘cremation only ’ bookings that GMCT receives from funeral directors are now made online.

Is there something about end of life planning that you’re ‘Dying to Know?’ August 8 is Dying to Know Day - a day to encourage community education, open conversation and being prepared when it comes to end of life care. 

GMCT staff recently met with a very special former resident at Fawkner Memorial Park. Dorothy Curry, almost 91, lived at the original cemetery lodge when she was a young child and now hopes to make it her final resting place. 

GMCT recently received a heartfelt letter from 11-year-old Lily, sharing her wish to place flowers on graves as a sign that nobody is forgotten. Lily’s voice and insight is important as we plan the future of our cemeteries – for future generations.