The Grantville Cemetery is managed by the Grantville Cemetery Trust
appointed by Governor in Council
Members of the Trust are all appointed on a voluntary basis
President - Stephen Heffer
Secretary/Treasurer - Allan George
Trust Members & volunteers:
Bill Blackmore, Gary Blackney, David Garry
Lisa Huitson, Brian O'Farrell, Barb Stewart, Terrance Watson
Office manager Kathy Power 0439000148
effective 18/02/2023
SITES
The Grantville Cemetery includes six areas for interment: three sections devoted to monumental graves and a lawn section as well as a Niche Wall and an Ash Beam.
George Edwards was the first recorded burial in Grantville Cemetery in 1872. His grave is marked with a headstone in Section 21 Grave 2.
The early monumental graves are on the left or north/west side of the current cemetery from inside the front gate along the front fence to the top of the hill and, from there, across the hill to the right.
In about 1910, a second monumental area was established on the left in front of the original graves.
A third monumental area is on the right immediately behind the Information Board.
Interments in the lawn area on the right of the cemetery are marked with plaques. Cremated ashes can be interred in the Niche Wall, the Ash Beam or in an existing grave.
The Trust does not allow any interment in the Grantville Cemetery without its permission.
INFORMATION BOARD
The Cemetery Trust has installed an Information Board inside the front gate. Construction of this board was partly funded by a grant from the Bendigo Bank.
The information on the board is repeated on this website and is updated regularly. It should make most graves in the cemetery easy to find.
Map
On the front of the Information Board there is a map of the cemetery showing the location of all the grave sites. Click here to download a copy of the map
On the other side of the Information Board there is an alphabetical list of the names of people interred in the Grantville Cemetery, the year of their interment, and their section and grave number.
As well, additional notes explain the scope of this information and the meaning of symbols used in this list of interments.
Should you have any queries, do not hesitate to contact the trust: grantvillecemetery@gmail.com.au
Grantville Cemetery Interment Records
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locating the correct details)
GRANTVILLE CEMETERY SCALE OF FEES
AS OF 1ST JULY 2024
ADMINISTRATION/INTERMENT FEE $300.00
GRAVE DIGGING $770.00
INTERMENT-CREMATED ASHES INTO EXISTING GRAVE $280.00
RIGHT OF INTERMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS-NICHE WALL $320.00
TRANSFER OF ASHES FROM ANOTHER CEMETERY-NICHE WALL $320.00
RIGHT OF INTERMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS-ASH BEAM $465.00
MONUMENTAL SECTION - LAND 2.44M X 1.22M $675.00
LAWN GRAVE - LAND 2.44M X 1.22M $1,035.00
INSTALLATION OF PLAQUE - LAWN & NICHE WALL $140.00
INSTALLATION OF DETACHABLE PLAQUE $80.00
Headstone Installation Permit $85.00
Headstone & Base Installation Permit $140.00
These murals celebrate the settlers of Grantville that were part of our timber history and made Grantville what it is today
Marc from O-Roc created the murals. A grant from BCSC & Grantville Cemetery Trust contributed to get them to fruition
Herbert (Hugh) George was born in Grantville in 1884. He was a timber cutter and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces, he served in Egypt 1915 - 1919 and returned home wounded. On returning home Hugh applied for a soldier settlement allotment and was granted 70 acres 1 mile from Bass along the Bass Hwy. Hugh died from creeping paralysis which was unrelated to his war service.
C. Emery, G. McLaren, M. Whyatt and C. Thompson are servicemen who sadly did not survive.
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