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  1. Dying to Know at SMCT

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery
    • 24 August 2023

    In August, SMCT partnered with Grief Australia to host a ‘Death Café’ style event in honour of Dying to Know Day.

    • Community Care & Wellbeing Program

  2. Statement on Genesis Lake Remediation Project - Friday 18 August 2023

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 18 August 2023

    We recognise that this may be a challenging and delicate period, and we are committed to providing our utmost assistance to those who could be affected.

  3. Mulch for Native Grasslands at Melbourne Cemetery

    • 12 July 2023

    From May to August 2023, SMCT teams will lay 1,400 cubic metres of mulch across MGC - the equivalent of 14,000 wheelbarrow loads of tree loppers mulch, laid to a depth of 5cm.

    • Project

  4. Centre for Care & Wellbeing Program Update

    • 19 June 2023

    From 1 July 2023, we start our transition to a tailored community care and wellbeing program with the intention to share the program more broadly.

    • Community Care & Wellbeing Program

  5. Hotham Monument Restoration

    • Melbourne General Cemetery
    • 15 June 2023

    The base, column and capital of the historic Hotham Monument have now been restored at Melbourne General Cemetery

    • Project

  6. Creating space to acknowledge miscarriage and early pregnancy loss at Bunurong

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 23 May 2023

    Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) is proud to announce our commitment to co-designing a memorial garden at Bunurong Memorial Park solely dedicated to miscarriage and early pregnancy loss.

    • Events

  7. National Reconciliation Week and SMCT: an explainer

    • 1 February 2023

    SMCT acknowledges and has been working with Traditional Owners and community to foster meaningful relationships and understanding.

  8. Our reconciliation journey

    • 8 January 2023

    SMCT has undertaken work on a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Since 2006, RAPs have enabled organisations to sustainably and strategically take meaningful action to advance reconciliation.

  9. Opening our sites for Open House Melbourne

    • Melbourne General Cemetery
    • 8 January 2023

    Visitors enjoyed self-guided and guided tours of the gatehouse and notables at Melbourne General Cemetery, and further exploration and tours conducted by our Friends Groups at Brighton and St Kilda cemeteries.

    • Events

  10. Project Cultivate: Behind the Scenes

    • 2 January 2023

    We sat down with Horticulture Assets Manager Helen Tuton, who works closely on the pilot project at Melbourne General Cemetery, to talk all things Project Cultivate.

    • Project

  11. All Souls Mausoleum Update

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery
    • 2 November 2022

    All Souls mausoleum, Springvale Botanical Cemetery's latest precinct release.

  12. Honouring Fathers 2022

    • 7 September 2022

    This year we were grateful to host our annual Father’s Day event in person at Bunurong Memorial Park, hearing from a diverse range of speakers on the topic of fatherhood and grief.

    • Events

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