Cemeteries fees and charges

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To support families making arrangements for a loved one, this page outlines the fees and charges for all Tweed Shire Council cemetery services. Find updated costs for burials, ash interments, memorials, cremations, chapel hire and more across cemeteries in the Tweed.

Burial charges

Burial charges are inclusive of a standard memorial base or monumental headstone and standard plaque or direct inscription, relevant to the cemetery section selected. Memorials are arranged through cemetery staff. Any memorial upgrades to the standard inclusions incur additional charges – price on application.

Ash interment

Ash interment charges are inclusive of a standard memorial base and standard plaque, relevant to the cemetery section selected. Memorials are arranged through cemetery staff. Any memorial upgrades to the standard inclusions incur additional charges – price on application.

All prices quoted include GST.

Tweed Valley Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium

813–871 Tweed Valley Lawn Cemetery, Eviron Road, Eviron, NSW 2484

Ash interment

Ash interment within existing grave

Includes interment, related administration and standard memorial plaque. $1,548.30

Ash interment within a coffin

Includes interment, related administration and standard detachable plaque. $650.30

New or refurbished plaque and base

Price on application.

Ash interment within Memorial Garden (plaque only)

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque.

Memorial Lilly Garden and Memorial Creek Walk Garden – plaque attached to concrete edging $2,236.30

Ash interment within Memorial Garden

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque and base, suitable for selected garden.

Pond View Gardens – plaque attached to granite beam or block $2,999.30
Memorial Creek Walk Garden – plaque attached to sandstone block $2,797.30
Memorial Rainforest Walk – plaque attached to bush rock $2,797.30
Memorial Cordyline Walk – plaque attached to granite block $2,797.30
Children’s Gumnut Garden – plaque attached to granite block (40% of adult interment plus memorial expenses) $1,462.00
Infant ash interment – small plaque attached to garden edge (20% of adult interment plus memorial expenses) $1,213.00

Ash interment under Memorial Tree or in a garden

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque attached to memorial rock.

Ash interment – single $3,066.30
Ash interment dual – 1st interment $3,440.30
Ash interment dual – 2nd interment $1,688.30

Ash interment within Memorial Garden under rotunda

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque attached to granite beam. Interment is within the rotunda bromeliad, birds nest or majestic memorial gardens.

Memorial Garden under rotunda $3,124.30

Ash interment under Memorial Family Tree

Includes interment and standard memorial plaque attached to memorial rock. Land and family tree already purchased.

Ash interment – single $2,392.30
Ash interment dual – 1st interment $2,429.30
Ash interment dual – 2nd interment $1,814.30

Memorial

Memorial Book plaque

Includes standard memorial plaque attached to Memorial Book structure. Includes option for ashes to be scattered within memorial gardens. $689.00

Burial

Lawn burial

With standard memorial base and cast bronze plaque or direct base inscription. Includes land plot, burial, graveside service and standard memorial base and plaque or direct inscription.

Lawn burial – single plot – adult $7,531.60
Lawn burial – dual plot – adult (first interment) $8,180.60
Lawn burial – triple plot – adult (first interment) $8,637.60
Lawn burial – plot reopening (second and third interments) $3,962.60
Lawn burial – child from 2 years up to 12 years (40% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $3,418.00
Lawn burial – infant 24 months or less (20% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $2,225.00
Lawn burial – stillborn – Lullaby Garden $1,579.00

Cremations

Cremation

Includes administration and cremation with a viewing room if required.

Adult – 12 years and over $720.10
Child – from 2 years up to 12 years (40% of adult cremation) $270.00
Infant – 24 months or less (20% of adult cremation) $135.00

Bariatric cremation – general cemeteries

Price on application.

Cremation reservation – reservation fee

$126.50

Cremation and ash interment reservation package – reservation fee

$379.60

Cremation weekend surcharge

Covers one operator and plant. Charged in addition to cremation charges. $506.00

Cremation after hours surcharge – per hour

Charged per hour, per operator, after 3:30 pm on weekdays. $126.50

Chapel and Tree Stump memorial services

Chapel service – indoor memorial (seating for up to 135 attendees)

Includes administration and cremation with a viewing room if required. Includes 40 chairs around the tree stump tent on request by the pond for up to 3 hours.

Chapel Hall hire for up to 3 hours $506.00
Chapel kitchen hire – use of kitchen during Chapel Hall hire $126.50
Tree Stump service – outdoor memorial (includes 40 chairs around the tree stump tent on request by the pond for up to 3 hours) $506.00
Chapel/stump hire weekend surchage $506.00

Murwillumbah Lawn and General cemeteries

Lawn Cemetery: Tree Street, Murwillumbah, NSW 2484

General Cemetery: Byangum Road, Murwillumbah, NSW 2484

Ash interment

Ash interment within existing grave

Includes standard memorial plaque, base and memorial charges. $2,186.30

 

Ash interment within existing grave – general cemeteries*

Includes interment, related administration and standard memorial plaque, no base. For new or refurbished plaque and base – price on application. $1,702.30

Ash interment within a coffin

Includes interment, related administration and standard detachable plaque. $650.30

 

Ash interment within memorial garden

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque and base.

Rose Gardens – plaque attached to granite block $3,011.30

Ash interment within memorial wall

Includes interment within memorial wall and standard memorial plaque.

Memorial Kookaburra Granite Wall – upper and lower levels $3,430.30
Memorial Columbarium Brick Walls – Presbyterian and Church of England general sections $2,231.30
Ash interment dual – 1st interment $2,445.80
Ash interment dual – 2nd interment $2,166.95

*General cemeteries: Florence Street; Murwillumbah; Murwillumbah Roman Catholic; Tweed Heads; Tyalgum.

Memorial burial

General monumental memorial burial

With standard monument and cast bronze plaque or direct inscription.

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service, memorial works fee and monumental memorial plinth and standard plaque or direct inscription. Excludes optional headstone and/or desk – price on application.

General monumental memorial burial – single plot – adult $13,590.10

For burial surcharges and memorial service charges, see other fees.

Burial

Lawn burial

With standard memorial base and cast bronze plaque or direct base inscription.

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service and standard memorial base and plaque or direct inscription.

Lawn burial – single plot – adult $8,350.60
Lawn burial – dual plot – adult (first interment) $8,999.60
Lawn burial – triple plot – adult (first interment) $9,456.60
Lawn burial – plot reopening (second and third interments) $4,237.60
Lawn burial – child from 2 years up to 12 years (40% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $3,717.00
Lawn burial – infant 24 months or less (20% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $2,349.00

Natural burial

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service, natural rock memorial base and plaque.

Natural burial – single plot – adult $7,706.60

Tweed Heads Lawn and General cemeteries

176 Kirkwood Road, Tweed Heads South, NSW 2486

Ash interment

Ash interment within existing grave

Includes standard memorial plaque, base and memorial charges. $2,186.30

Ash interment within existing grave – general cemeteries*

Includes interment, related administration and standard memorial plaque, no base. For new or refurbished plaque and base – price on application. $1,702.30

Ash interment within a coffin

Includes interment, related administration and standard detachable plaque. $650.30

Ash interment within memorial rockgarden

Includes land plot, standard memorial plaque and base.

Flower Gardens – plaque attached to granite block $3,053.30

Ash interment within memorial rock garden

Includes land plot, interment and standard memorial plaque attached to memorial rock.

Ash interment – single $3,322.30
Ash interment dual – 1st interment $3,693.30
Ash interment dual – 2nd interment $1,827.30

*General cemeteries: Florence Street; Murwillumbah; Murwillumbah Roman Catholic; Tweed Heads; Tyalgum.

Memorial burial

With standard upright headstone and base, and inscription.

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service, memorial works fee and an upright memorial headstone and base with a direct headstone inscription of up to 80 non-coloured standard characters (font colour additional) and 2 vases with up to 12 characters each.

Lawn memorial burial – single plot – adult $14,110.60
Lawn memorial burial – dual plot – adult (first interment) $14,110.60
Lawn memorial burial – plot reopening (second and third interments) $4,655.60

General monumental memorial burial

With standard single monument and cast bronze plaque or direct inscription.

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service, memorial works fee and monumental memorial plinth and standard plaque or direct inscription. Excludes optional headstone and/or desk – price on application.

General monumental memorial burial – single plot – adult $13,590.10

Lawn burial

With standard memorial base and cast bronze plaque or direct base inscription.

Includes land plot, burial, graveside service and standard memorial base and plaque or direct inscription.

Lawn burial – single plot – adult $8,350.60
Lawn burial – dual plot – adult (first interment) $8,999.60
Lawn burial – triple plot – adult (first interment) $9,456.60
Lawn burial – plot reopening (second and third interments) $4,237.60
Lawn burial – child from 2 years up to 12 years (40% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $3,717.00
Lawn burial – infant 24 months or less (20% of adult lawn burial plus memorial expenses) $2,349.00

Tyalgum General Cemetery

Swifts Road, Tyalgum NSW 2484

Check with cemetery staff for burial plot availability at Tyalgum General Cemetery. Prices at Tyalgum are the same as at Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah General cemeteries.

Ash interment

Ash interment charges are inclusive of a standard memorial base and standard plaque, relevant to the cemetery section selected. Memorials are arranged through cemetery staff. Any memorial upgrades to the standard inclusions incur additional charges – price on application.

Ash interment within an existing grave at Tyalgum General Cemetery is priced the same as at Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah General cemeteries. $1,702.30

Other fees

Administration fees

General administration fee – per hour $126.50

Administration fee for processing of refunds, conducting family research or providing other general administrative support.

Memorial administration fees

Plaque ordering and liaising ($126.50 included within burial and ash interment charges) N/A
Plaque and base ordering and liaising ($253.00 included within burial and ash interment charges) N/A
Burial or ash plot reservation administration fee* $379.60

Administration fee for plot reservation record keeping, customer site plot inspection, plot selection and customer confirmation letter. This is a non-refundable fee. Related internment charges will not be raised in the year of reservation. They will instead be raised in the year of need at the relevant year’s prices and payable before the date of internment.

*Burial reservation not available at Murwillumbah Lawn Cemetery.

Ash rock interment – Tweed Heads and Tweed Valley cemeteries

Ash rock – single $577.50
Ash rock – dual $615.00

Ash interment surcharges

Ash interment weekend surcharge $506.00

Covers one operator and plant. Charged in addition to ash interment charges.

Ash interment after hours surcharge – per hour $126.50

Charged per hour, after 3:30 pm on weekdays. Covers one operator and/or plant.

Other memorial fees

Memorial works fees

Memorial headstone and monumental works fees

New monumental work – any value ($440 included within burial charges) N/A
Refurbishment work – any value $345.00

Memorial plaque and base site works fees

Refurbishment work – any value $115.00

Memorial refurbishment fees

Memorial administration fee – per hour $126.50
Memorial plaque and base dismounting and replacement fee – per hour $126.50
Memorial (plaque/base and block/headstone and monument) refurbishments POA

Other burial charges

Burial surcharges

Burial weekend surcharge $1,265.00

Covers 2 operators and plant. Charged in addition to the burial charge.

Burial after hours surcharge – per hour $253.00

Charged per hour, after 3:30 pm on weekdays. Covers 2 operators and plant.

Burial exhumation $6,325.00

Exhumation charges include administration and approval of application, reopening and back filling of the grave, hire of grave shoring used by a suitably trained and qualified third party (usually organised by funeral director) and signage and barricading of the site for workplace safety and privacy.

Burial memorial services

Graveside memorial services (included within burial charges) N/A

Includes artificial turf if required, shade cover canopy on request and 12 chairs, set-up and pack down.

Additional tent $126.50