This page is sourced from the former Cairns City Council website. For more information, click here. Burial Options
Cairns Regional Council accommodates a range of burials. Choosing a burial site is a big decision.
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You can be confident in the knowledge that the maintenance and care of the cemetery grounds will be thoroughly attended to.
Advance arrangements are often made where families wish to be placed together (please click here for information about pre-purchasing (reservations).
The five main types of burial options available in the Cairns area are listed below. Please advise your funeral director about which option you prefer.
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Lawn burial sites are available in the following Cemeteries; Cairns, Gordonvale; Babinda, Mossman,and Forest View.
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Instead of traditional headstones or monuments, lawn burial sites feature simple bronze plaques on concrete bases on the grave at ground level. |
When you overlook a lawn burial cemetery (or site inside a cemetery), you see a panorama of lawn, just like in the photograph above of Forest View Cemetery
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Monumental burial sites are a traditional option featuring granite, marble or concrete headstones and/or bases. They are available in Gordonvale, Port Douglas, Mossman & Babinda. |
The erection of a monument is subject to the approval of Cairns Council and you need to engage a monumental mason to construct the headstone and/or the base. If you prefer this option please speak to your funeral director for advice or click here to see a list of local monumental masons.
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Monumental Lawn Beam burials feature headstones, or raised plaques attached to a common beam of concrete (without a large base). This combines the lawn burial option with the more traditional ‘monumental option’. As in the monumental burials the erection of a monument and/or raised plaque is subject to the approval of Cairns Council and you need to engage a monumental mason to construct a headstone and/or the base and/or raised plaque.
Mausoleum vault burials are available in Forest View and Gordonvale. Mausoleums are external, above ground free standing buildings with spaces or burial chambers for coffins. Sometimes Mausoleums are referred to as tombs.
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Ashes can be placed in family graves, placed in specially designed walls(columbarium walls), or placed in specially designated garden beds in the following cemeteries; Forest View, Gordonvale, Cairns, Mossman and Babinda.
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For more information please phone Council on 4044 3044