Victoria

How to access Victorian cemetery and burial records online and in the Library.

Current cemeteries and crematoria

Details of current cemeteries, crematoria and memorial gardens in Victoria can be located in several ways. These include:

• Search of municipality, shire or town council websites eg: A search for 'shire' and 'Mornington Peninsula' in Google reveals the entry for Mornington Peninsula Shire Council website.  A browse of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council website reveals a page for 'Cemeteries' under their Community Services dropdown menu.
• Alternatively you can locate an up-to-date list and links to Victorian local councils website or search the Find your council directory via the KnowYourCouncil website.

NB: Not all local governments or councils use the same navigation method or have the means to provide an online searching facility but their websites are always worth a look if their area of jurisdiction is where your cemeteries of interest are located.

Melbourne cemeteries and crematoria

The Melbourne region has a number of current and historic cemeteries, for which a number have online lists or search facilities to locate the names of deceased. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (includes Brighton General, Bunurong Memorial, Cheltenham Memorial, Cheltenham Pioneer, Dandenong Community, Melbourne General, St Kilda, Springvale Botanical) - Deceased Search
• The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (includes Fawkner Memorial Park, Preston Cemetery, Northern Memorial Park, Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Keilor Cemetery, Lilydale Memorial Park, Altona Memorial Park, Emerald Cemetery, Williamstown Memorial Park, Yarra Glen Cemetery, Werribee Cemetery, Healesville Cemetery, Truganina Cemetery, Templestowe Cemetery, Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Burwood Cemetery, Anderson's Creek Cemetery, Northcote Cemetery) - Deceased Search
• Box Hill Cemetery - Find a Grave or Memorial

In the Library

You may request the following CD-ROM index through the Library's catalogue for access within the Library. 

  Melbourne General Cemetery: index and transcriptions of monumental Inscriptions to 1989

Within the Library you may request the following searchable index via our catalogue or access the information via Ancestry (Library Edition) on eResources:

CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS INDEX

Cemetery transcriptions v3.0 : index to selected M.I. transcriptions held at AIGS

• Online - Included in the Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 on Ancestry Library Edition (accessible by searching the Library's eResources portal under the Browse eResources tab)
• On CD-ROM - Available on CD-ROM at Call number Nmt 6244 (eCallslip required)
• The Cemetery Transcriptions Index is a consolidated index of monumental transcriptions for the following Victorian cemeteries:
  
  Alberton, Amherst/Talbot, Amphitheatre/Glenlogie, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, Antwerp/Ebenezer Mission, Avoca, Bairnsdale, Ballan Old, Ballangeich, Balmoral, Bannockburn, Baringhup, Barkly, Bellbrae/Jan Juc, Benalla, Benalla (Part), Bendigo, Birregurra, Blue Mountain, Boort, Boram Boram, Box Hill, Branxholme, Briagolong, Bright, Brighton, Broadford, Buangor, Buckland, Bundalong, Bungaree, Bunyip, Burramine, Burwood, Byaduk, Byaduk North, Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, Camperdown, Cape Bridgewater, Caramut, Carisbrook, Casterton Old, Cavendish, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Old, Chewton, Clunes, Cobden, Coghills Creek, Corinella, Corop, Corryong, Cressy, Creswick, Crib Point, Cudgewa, Darlington, Dartmoor, Daylesford, Deans Marsh/Bambra, Dergholm, Derrinallum, Digby, Donnybrook, Dookie, Dookie East, Drik Drik, Dromana, Dunkeld Old, Dunolly Old Pioneer, Eddington, Eganstown/Roman Catholic, Eganstown General, Ellerslie, Elmhurst, Elphinstone, Epping, Erica, Flinders, Footscray, Framlingham, Franklinford, Freshwater Creek, Fryerstown, Garvoc, Gembrook, Glen Wills, Glenlyon, Gordon, Gowangardie, Granite Flat, Gray’s Bridge, Graytown, Greta, Guildford, Harkaway, Harrietville, Hastings, Hawkesdale, Hazelwood/Morwell, Heathcote, Heidelberg, Heidelberg/Alphington, Heidelberg-Warringal, Hepburn East, Smeaton, Hezham, Heywood, Joyces Creek, Kangaroo Flat, Kangaroo Ground, Kerang, Kilcunda, Kilnoorat, Kingower, Korong Vale, Krambruk/Apollo Bay, Kyneton, Lake Rowan, Leongatha, Lexton, Lilydale, Lismore, Loch Ard, Lockwood, Longwood, Macarthur, Majorca, Maldon, Marong, Maryborough, Maryknoll, Marysville, Merbein, Meredith, Mildura, Mildura - W.G.P., Millers Hill Pioneer, Moliagul, Moonambel, Morrisons, Mortlake, Mount Duneed, Mount Egerton, Mount Moriac, Mount Prospect, , Myamyn/Condah, Myrtleford, Myrtleford New, Myrtleford Old, Mysia, Nagambie, Nambrok, Nangana/Emerald, Narrawong, Natte Yallock, Navarre Old, Newbridge, Newstead/Green Gully, Nirranda, Nyah, Oakleigh/Mulgrave, Oakleigh Pioneer Memorial Park, Old Beach St George’s Church of England, Tasmania, Outtrim, Pakenham, Panmure, Paynesville, Peters Hill Old, Pine Lodge South, Point Gellibrand, Point Nepean, Port Campbell, Port Fairy, Portarlington, Pyalong, Pyramid Hill, Queenscliff, Redbank, Redcastle, Rheola, Rodborough, Rosebery, Rosedale, Rupanyup, Rushworth, Sailors Home/Blackheath, San Remo, Sandon Roman Catholic, Scotts Creek, Seymous Old, Shelford, Skipton, Smeaton, Smythesdale, Sorrento/Portsea, Speed, Spring Hill, Staffordshire Reef, Stawell, Steiglitz, Strathbogie, Stuart Mill, Sutton Grange, Talbot, Tarnagulla, Tarrawingee, Tarrayoukyan, Tea Tree, St Thomas, Tasmania, Teesdale, Templestowe, Terang, Terrappee, Thomastown-German, Timor, Tongala, Tooan, Toongabbie, Tower Hill, Trentham, Tyaak, Vaughan, Waanyarra/Dunolly, Wallan, Walpeup, Wareek/Bung Bong, Warrak/Mount Cole, Warrnambool, Waterloo, Waubra, Werribee, Wesburn, White Hills, Whitehills, Whroo, Williamstown, Woods Point, Woolsthorpe, Woorndoo, , Wycheproof, Yambuk, Yan Yean, Yaugher

Within the Library's Newspapers and Family History zone you may access the following items on microfiche: 

ALBERTON

 Alberton Cemetery

Call number mc N 2167

BAIRNSDALE

 Bairnsdale Cemetery Transcript of Registers 1871-2000

Call number mc N 2271

BALLARAT

• 1) Ballarat Old Cemetery register, 1856-1988
  
  2) Ballarat New Cemetery register, 1867-1988
  
  3) Ballarat Crematorium register, 1958-1988
  
  Call number mc N 924
• Ballarat New Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions
  
  Call number mc N 927
• Consolidated Index to Ballarat District Cemeteries (to 1994)
  
  Call number mc N 1300

BENDIGO

• Bendigo Cemetery Transcriptions 1858 to 1992
  
  Call number mc N 1258
• Index to Bendigo Region Cemeteries: Series 1 Northern Districts
  
  Call number mc N 1603
• Index to Bendigo Region Cemeteries: Series 2 Southern Districts
  
  Call number mc N 1604

BRIGHTON

• Brighton Cemetery Headstones
  
  Call number mc N 778
• Brighton General Cemetery, 1855-1988 index register
  
  Call number mc N 779

CHELTENHAM

• Cheltenham Victoria Cemetery Register 1865-1990
  
  Call number mc N 1060

COBURG

• Coburg Cemetery - Coburg Pine Ridge Memorial Park - Registers
  
  In two sequences:
  
  --Funeral Service location print as at 31/03/98
  
  --Funeral Service deceased listing as at 31/03/98
  
  Call number mc N 1887
  
  Also searchable online via the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust website

EILDON

• Eildon (Darlingford) Cemetery, Victoria Headstone Inscriptions 1870-1999
  
  Includes a full headstone and burial register transcription for the Darlington Cemetery 1870-1920 and after its flooding Eildon Cemetery to 1999
  
  Call number mc N 1922

ECHUCA

• Echuca Burial Index & Memorial Inscriptions 1860-1998
  
  Call number mc N 2008

FAWKNER

• Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park Funeral Service, Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park – Registers
  
  Call number mc N 780
  
  Also searchable online via the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust website

FOOTSCRAY

• Footscray Cemetery headstone transcriptions
  
  The publication is divided into the religious denominations which are shown on a map included at the start of the publication. The overall volume is indexed by surname only
  
  Call number mc N 1879

FRANKSTON

• Frankston cemetery Victoria, 1875-1996 an index & transcription of monuments
  
  1) Index
  
  2) Transcripts
  
  Call number mc N 1592
• Death and Obituary Index, Part 1
  
  A name index of items housed at the Resource centre at Ballan Park Homestead, Frankston, taken from many sources and held by the Frankston Historical Society
  
  Call number mc N 1594

GEELONG

• Funeral Service Deceased Listing as at 1996
  
  --The Eastern Cemetery, Geelong (34 fiche)
  
  --Geelong Western Public Cemetery (15 fiche)
  
  --Barrabool Hills (Highton) Cemetery, 1856- (4 fiche)
  
  --Grovedale (Germantown) Cemetery (1 fiche)
  
  --Mount Duneed Cemetery (1 fiche)
  
  --Geelong Memorial Park (1 fiche)
  
  --Geelong Crematorium (3 fiche)
  
  --Bellarine Peninsula
  
  --Leopold (Kensington) Cemetery
  
  --Drysdale (Bellarine) Cemetery
  
  --Portarlington Cemetery (3 fiche)
  
  Call number mc N 1611
• Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Roman Catholic section
  
  Call number mc N 1008
• Eastern Cemetery Geelong: Protestant Headstone Transcriptions
  
  Call number mc N 1830

Geelong burials also searchable online via the Geelong Cemeteries Trust website.

GIPPSLAND

Mid-Gippsland Cemeteries, Victoria

--Willow-Grove Cemetery

--Trafalgar Cemetery

--Childers Cemetery

--Gippsland Crematorium register

--Gippsland Crematorium transcriptions

--Hazelwood Cemetery transcriptions

--Walhalla Cemetery transcriptions: 1869-1995

--Toongabbie Cemetery

--Traralgon Cemetery

Call number mc N 1361

GISBORNE

• Gisborne Public Cemetery 1857-1993
  
  Call number mc N 1425

GOBUR

• Gobur Cemetery Victoria Headstone Inscriptions 1878-1999
  
  Includes a full headstone transcription and index for the old and new cemetery
  
  Call number mc N 1923

KANGAROO FLAT

• Kangaroo Flat monumental inscriptions, 1853-1991
  
  Call number mc N 1194

KEILOR

• Keilor & District Historical Records
  
  --Will Will Rook (Broadmeadows) Cemetery
  
  --Keilor Cemetery --Monumental Inscriptions
  
  Call number mc N 1387

KERANG

• Register of Burials in Kerang, February 1878-23 January 1983
  
  Call number mc G 5110

LILYDALE

• Lilydale Cemetery (Victoria) Headstones 14 May 1864-1 May 1993
  
  Call number mc N 1304

MACEDON

• Macedon Cemetery 1864-1993
  
  Call number mc N 1426

MOOROOPNA

• Mooroopna Cemetery headstone transcriptions 1852-3003 [sic]
  
  Call number mc N 2233

MORNINGTON

• Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Cemetery Records
  
  --Stage 1, Cerebus Naval Base, Cranbourne, Crib Point, Dandenong, Frankston, French Island, Hastings, Mornington & Rye Cemeteries (10 fiche)
  
  --Stage 2, Dromana Cemetery (1 fiche)
  
  MCall number mc N 828
• St. Peter's Church of England Mornington, Victoria Church Records 1860-1920
  
  Call number mc N 905

RIDDELLS CREEK

• Riddells Creek public cemetery 1869-1990
  
  Call number mc N 1427

RUSHWORTH

• Rushworth Cemetery 1861-1997
  
  Call number mc N 1593

SHEPPARTON

• Shepparton district small cemeteries headstone transcriptions includes Wunghnu, Gowangardie, Dookie, Kialla West, Pine Lodge Lawn (Old section), Cashel – Toolamba, Katamatite
  
  Call number mc N 2232

SPRINGVALE

• Springvale Cemetery (The Necropolis), and St Kilda cemetery
  
  Index and details of burials and cremations available online at www.deceasedsearch.com/

SUNBURY

• Sunbury Public Cemetery - existing tombstones December 1993
  
  Call number mc N 1424

SWAN HILL

• Swan Hill Memorial Park Burials, Victoria: 1 April 1859 -31st March 1989
  
  This index was compiled from Cemetery Trust books, monumental inscriptions, some death certificates, death notices and obituaries from the Swan Hill Guardian
  
  Call number mc N 983
• Swan Hill Monumental Inscriptions
  
  Consult Swan Hill Memorial Park Burials above for an index to names and plot numbers
  
  Call number mc N 1124

WARRNAMBOOL

• Warrnambool Cemetery Grave Plans 1854-1988
  
  Call number mc N 784

WHITE HILLS

• White Hills monumental inscriptions, 1853-1992
  
  Call number mc N 1191

YARCK

• Yarck Cemetery Victoria Headstone Inscriptions 1883-1999
  
  Call number mc N 1924