Cemetery charges

Fees and charges for burials, plot reservation and internment within a Bega Valley Shire Council cemetery.

Fees paid to Council at the time of burial will include: burial licence, cemetery maintenance fee, grave marking fee, lawn internment feed excavationn fees.

Pyaments can be made via cheque, cash, EFTPOS, Bpay and creditcard (Visa or MasterCard). Please note that invoices can be paid online.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact cemetery staff by email cemeteries@begavalley.nsw.gov.au or by phoning Customer Service 02 6499 2222.

Fees and Charges explained

  • Perpetual Interment Right: Deposit to reserve a plot for burial or ash interment in Council’s cemeteries.
  • Perpetual Interment Right Adjustment Fee: Difference paid between original Perpetual Interment Right (Burial Licence or Right of Burial) deposit, to current price.
  • Cemetery Maintenance Fee: Covers expenses related to record keeping and/or other administration and for the ongoing maintenance of Council cemeteries.
  • Excavation Fee: Grave digging contractor fee to excavate a grave to single/double depth (with shoring in Eden).
  • Plot Marking Fee: Charges at the time of burial to apply for monumental work or in the case where no monument is erected Council will place a marker at the grave.
  • Lawn Cemetery Fee: For Lawn and Monumental Lawn sections or certain cemeteries, charged for the ongoing maintenance and renewal of lawn sections.
  • Plaque Placement Fee: Charged for the lawn section at the time of burial to cover the contractor cost of placing a plaque.
  • Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW (CCNSW) Levy: Interment services levy applied by the NSW government to fund the cost of Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW (CCNSW). The levy does not apply to interment services for destitute people or for children under 12 years old.

Legal guide to funeral costs: Information from the State Library of NSW regarding funeral costs including financial assistance options that are available for funerals.

To view Council's Annual Fees and Charges document please click here(PDF, 8MB)

Perpetual Interment Right Fees Fees

Administration (each) - interment right 

 $585.00
Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW (CCNSW) Fees
CCNSW levy for ash interment $65.00
CCNSW levy for burial interment $162.00
 Levy is not applicable to interment of destitute people or children under 12 years of age.
Placement of Ashes Fees
Administration - Placement $321.00
Maintenance - per burial  $668.00
Placement of ashes (per service)  $444.00
 Placement of ashes (per service) – Pambula memorial rose garden – single interment (includes a harcourt pillow)  $772.00
 Placement of ashes (per service) – Pambula memorial rose garden – double interment, first interment (includes a harcourt pillow)  $722.00
 Placement of ashes (per service) – Pambula memorial rose garden – double interment, second interment (includes a harcourt pillow)  $174.00
 Placement of ashes (per service) – Pambula lone pine memorial garden (includes a harcourt pillow) $722.00 
Burial or placement of bodily remains in grave or built structure Fees
Administration (per application) - Burial  $321.00
Basic Conventional Burial Fees
Burial, or placement (per service) – basic adult, single depth $732.00
Burial, or placement (per service) – basic adult, double depth $864.00
Traditional Conventional, Lawn or Monumental Lawn Burial Fees
Burial, or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, single depth $2,630.00
Burial, or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, double depth $2,812.00
Burial, or placement – traditional adult burial, triple depth $3,151.00
Traditional Conventional, Lawn or Monumental Lawn Burial - Shoring Required Fees

Burial, or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, single depth – shoring required

 $3,969.00

Buria or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, double depth – shoring required

 $5,858.00

Burial, or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, single depth – reopening of shored grave for second interment

 $2,630.00

Burial, or placement (per service) – traditional adult burial, single depth – reopening of shored grave and additional shoring for second interment

 $3,969.00
Memorial Fees
Purchase of a memorial plaque POA
Supply and install memorial rock $165.00

Plaque or headstone installed on a site to commemorate or identify

 $264.00
Additional Fees, Services or Products Fees
Internment fee adjustment for pre-need Interment Right. POA per licence.
Internment Right transfer or change fee (each) $161.00
Niche wall fee (per service) $396.00
Memorial garden fee  $396.00
Lawn cemetery fee (per service) – first internment $2,421.00
Lawn cemetery fee (per service) –second internment $841.00
 Monumental lawn cemetery fee (per service) – first interment $ 2,421.00
 Monumental lawn cemetery fee (per service) –second internment $841.00
 

After business hours contact for funeral bookings (per hour) – pro-rata ½ hour minimum charge

 $105.00
 Internment of ashes (per service) - weekend or public holiday surcharge $468.00
 Funeral (per service) - weekend or public holiday surcharge $921.00
 Second interment into an existing monument grave site $440.00
 Oversized coffin surcharge in excess of 720mm x 2100mm or 1.512 metres squared (per service) $545.00
 Additional cemetery work (plant hire) - per hour $143.00
 Additional cemetery work (manual) - per hour $132.00
 Inspection fee for non-approved monuments - per inspection $733.00
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