Cemeteries-Perpetual Interment Right Application

Many people choose to pre-purchase a Burial Licence to ensure their loved ones are not burdened with these choices during an emotional time. A Burial Licence is an exclusive right granted by Council (or its predecessors) for use of a burial plot, niche wall space or memorial garden suite space. The holder of the Burial Licence has the sole authority to determine who can be interred in the burial plot, niche wall or memorial garden suite and to allow memorials including headstones, inscriptions etc to be placed on the grave site, niche wall or memorial garden suite.

Please contact cemeteries@ncc.nsw.gov.au for more information.

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City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.