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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.

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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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. 
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Contact information for The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust. 

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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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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

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Resources

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Altona Memorial Park sundial feature

Complaints policy

Media releases

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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.

Find a Grave

Global Settings

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

Fawkner Memorial Park (8)

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Community members review site plans together

Steve McGhie MP and GMCT representatives stand on recently prepared earth at the Harkness Memorial Park construction site.

Steve McGhie MP visits Harkness Memorial Park

Operational updates and works (8)

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Machinery Operator at Work

Jason from Remarkable Trees in Melton, standing with the first tree planted at Harkness Memorial Park.

First Tree Planted at Harkness Memorial Park

New trees plantings on the boundary at the Harkness Memorial Park construction site, with clear blue skies overhead.

Boundary trees planted at Harkness Memorial Park

Tress plantings on the boundary of Harkness Memorial Park, established during early works.

Tree Plantings at Harkness Memorial Park

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Traditional digging sticks from Harkness Memorial Park breaking ground ceremony

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Operational updates 

Local MP Steve McGhie recently visited Harkness Memorial Park to see progress on this vital community asset for Melton and Melbourne’s west.

Local MP Steve McGhie visits Harkness Memorial Park construction site

We want to hear from you. Share your ideas on what would make our memorial parks more welcoming and what kinds of events matter most to your community.

Have Your Say on Community Engagement at GMCT

Watch the recording from our 2025 Annual Meeting and read our Annual Report to learn about our achievements and direction for the year ahead.

Our 2025 Annual Meeting

Early construction phase complete at Harkness Memorial Park with boundary tree planting finished. Major construction works to begin December 2025. 

Boundary tree planting complete as Harkness Memorial Park prepares for major construction

Victorian legislation allowing cemeteries the option to permit pet interments with human remains has passed Parliament. The amendment is not yet in effect. We'll review our policies once formal guidance is provided. 

Update on Pet Interment Legislation

Stage three of Werribee Mausoleum is underway, introducing 235 crypts, new landscaping, and sheltered spaces. Completion expected late 2026.

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