Eltham Cemetery Trust: Established 1858: Burial Grounds: Mount Pleasant Road, Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Services

Services

The Eltham Cemetery Trust currently offers Rights of Interment for a variety of interment types, from traditional lawn burials, memorialized with a bronze plaque to Grand Estates featuring sculptures or artwork in place of a traditional headstone.

The following is a summary of the current interment offerings at the Eltham Cemetery. For further information, please contact the Secretary.

Burials

Lawn gravesites

Since the 1970s, the Trust has offered lawn gravesites memorialized with a bronze plaque, shifting away from monumental gravesites. The lawn gravesites and associated landscaping respect and contribute to the natural native setting of Eltham.

A lawn gravesite can accommodate up to three burials, as well as the placement of cremated remains. All lawn gravesites are prepared for a minimum of two burials.

Memorial plaques in lawn gravesite areas are featured at ground level on an individual pad. They can be arranged directly through the Trust, or through a third party supplier with the appropriate permits. Only approved plaques may be placed.

These gravesites are currently available to purchase when required for a burial.

Headstone Lawn gravesites

The Trust offers a variety of headstone lawn gravesites within Wisteria Walk and Grevillea Garden sections. Headstones are situated within architecturally designed walls of Coldstream rock, Corten steel and soft planting.

The southern end of Wisteria Walk features the OUR ELTHAM, ARTISITIC RECOLLECTIONS installation, a collaboration of works by artists Nerina Lascelles and ceramicist Linda Detoma. For more information about the Our Eltham installation, click here.

All gravesites come with accompanying headstone and can accommodate two burials, as well as the placement of cremated remains. These sites may pre-purchased.

Inscriptions for headstones are to be undertaken by an authorised monumental mason. Interment and stonemason fees are not included in the purchase price.

Vaults

A limited number of fully lined concrete vaults inclusive of headstone are available. They are situated within Celebration Hill overlooking the Eltham valley alongside the sculpture YOUNG MAN AWAKENING by renowned local artist Matcham Skipper.

These sites can accommodate two burials and the placement of cremated remains and they may pre-purchased.

Inscriptions for headstones are to be undertaken by an authorised monumental mason. Interment and stonemason fees are not included in the purchase price.

Monumental gravesites

The original monumental sections dating back to 1858 currently do not have any gravesites for purchase.

There are gravesites in these monumental sections that remain unmemorialized; construction of a full monument or provision of a headstone may be undertaken by a stonemason with the appropriate permits.

Ashes Memorials

The Eltham Cemetery Trust offers a range of memorial sites where ashes may be interred with accompanying inscription or the life of a loved one may be recognized by way of an inscription only.

Placement options which complement the natural setting of Eltham include:

Boulders
Pedestals
Headstones
Niche walls
Bluestone seats

Sites that accommodate placement of multiple sets of cremated remains are available.

Sites are memorialized with a bronze plaque or gold leaf inscription, dependent on the area selected. Plaques can be arranged through the Trust Secretary or with a third party supplier. Gold leaf inscriptions for headstones, which are already installed, are undertaken by an authorised monumental mason with appropriate permits.

All ashes sites are available for pre-purchase.

Grand Estates

In 2008 the Eltham Cemetery Trust engaged Eltham sculptor, Matcham Skipper, to create a piece of work in recognition of the cemetery’s 150th anniversary of Eltham Cemetery and the work of the volunteer trust members during the course of this period. YOUNG MAN AWAKENING symbolises the cycle, the journey and the celebration of life. It stands proud on a hill in the natural setting of Celebration Hill overlooking the Eltham Valley below and the Montsalvat Chapel above.

The Grand Estate sites are an extension of this symbolism of the journey of life. The Trust has identified 10 Grand Estate sites to offer families or individuals to design and erect a sculpture which expresses a celebration of their life, their achievements, their contribution by way of a significant and long lasting visual statement to the culture of a special community and to the natural setting.

The Trust’s vision is that with time, the Cemetery will have encouraged opportunities to create an artistic precinct of sculptural works of art that are timeless within the Cemetery grounds, reflective of the Eltham area and the neighbouring culture of Montsalvat.

For imagery and further information about two Grand Estates, A CURRAWONG TAKES FLIGHT and BLACK PRINCE CICADA, click here.