Required Items Cost (Incl. GST)
Professional Fee
The professional fee covers the management of the funeral, burial or cremation, and incorporates all the various tasks involved in planning, arranging and conducting the service, including our guidance through the arrangement.
Dual Service Funeral
| Our Professional Service Fee for a Dual Service: | $6,500 |
A Dual Service consists of one of the following:
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Transportation
| Transfer of the deceased into our care (specialised vehicle) within 70km of our Highgate Aftercare Centre; and to service or cemetery (hearse) | Included in professional fee |
| Additional charge per kilometre if place of death is more than 70km from our Highgate Aftercare Centre | $3.09/km |
| Family mourning vehicle (6 seat Limousine) | Included in professional fee |
| Additional transfer to external venue ie if deceased is taken to family home for viewing | $435 |
| Additional charge for transfer outside of business hours fee | Included in professional fee |
Mortuary Care
| Accommodation of the deceased in our mortuary | Included in professional fee |
| Essential Care and preparation of the deceased | Included in professional fee |
| Shroud | $130 |
Coffin or Casket
| Coffin range | $1,680 – $4,370 |
| Casket range | $2,240 – $47,250 |
| Environmental range | From $2,127 |
| Oversize Coffin or Casket | Included in professional fee |
| We have a large number of coffins and caskets for you to choose from. To see our full range of different styles, colours, and prices please click here. | |
Crematorium & Cemetery
| Adult Cremation fee | $1,200 |
| Adult Interment fee (burial) | $1,495 |
| Adult standard size lawn grave (25 years) | $2,398 |
| There are many other options for you to choose from for Burial or Entombment. Please click here for other options, cemetery fees and prices from the MCB Price list 21-22 or you may call the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board on 1300 793 109 | |
Legal Documents
| Certified Copy of Death Certificate (supplied by Birth, Deaths and Marriages) | $53 GST exempt |
| Papers from Medical Practitioner | As charged by supplier |
| Cremation Permit | $72.60 |
Optional Items Cost (Incl. GST)
Viewing
| Viewing of deceased during business hours | Included in professional fee |
| Out of Hours Viewing/Rosary/Mass with Hearse (max 3 hours) | $875 |
| Out of hours Chapel Viewing/Rosary/Mass (max 3 hours) | $655 |
| Extended Viewing/Rosary/Mass /Vigil per extra hour or part there of | $215 |
| Vigil (max 4 hours) | $924 |
| All-night Vigil (max amount) | $1,865 |
Additional Service Options
| Additional Family mourning vehicle (6 seat Limousine) | $550 |
| Embalming of Deceased | $750 |
| Zinc Coffin Liner | $655 |
| Painting of Coffin | $215 |
| Extended Service Charge | Based on individual requirements |
| Funeral held on Saturday morning | $875 |
| Funeral held Saturday afternoon, Sunday or Public Holiday | $1,315 |
| Arrangement – Out of Hours (after 4pm week-nights) | $330 |
| Arrangement –at Family home on Saturday, Sunday or Public holiday | $330 |
| Incomplete Certified Copy of Death Certificate (supplied by Birth, Deaths and Marriages) | $53 GST exempt |
| Clergy and /or Celebrant Services | As charged by supplier |
| Funeral and Death Notice in Newspaper | As charged by supplier |
| Funeral Notice on our Website | Included in professional fee |
| Floral Tributes | As charged by supplier |
| Memorial Printing | As charged by supplier |
| AV (including photo presentation) | As charged by supplier |
| Digital Live Streaming | As charged by supplier |
| Condolence Book or Attendance Cards | Included in professional fee |
| Repatriation Services | Based on individual requirements |
| Memorial Services | Based on individual requirements |
Memorialisation
| Grave Marker (temporary marker until permanent monument erected) | $215 |
| Trillion Trees Plaque | $55 |
| Headstone | As Charged by Supplier |
| Cremation Urn | Price on application |
| Cremation Jewellery | As charged by Supplier |
To download a PDF version of our pricing, click here