Camden General Cemetery is located on Crown Lands and managed by Council. 

An interment right is a contract with a cemetery operator that allows the licence holder to undertake burials in a grave (also called an allotment), including interments in earth, columbarium or niche walls. The licence holder of the interment right can decide who can be buried in the allotment. An interment right is an ‘interest’ in land. Please note the licence holder does not become the owner of the land. 

The Interment Right Holder is the registered holder/owner of the burial right/interment license and has all rights over the interment site (sometimes also referred to as an allotment, site, grave or burial site). This person will be responsible for future interments, monument matters and maintenance. It is therefore important that the interment right holder keeps the contact details we hold for them up to date.

At the time of purchase, whether at need or as a reservation, the following fees are payable:

Bodily interments

• Administration fee;
• One off maintenance fee;
• Burial Licence – single interment (standard), Burial Licence – single interment (non-standard) or Burial Licence – single interment children/babies (children up to 12 years); and

Each burial licence fee is further defined by advice on the residency status of the interment right holder – resident or non-resident.

A team member will be able to assist you with determining the fee that applies to your needs.

• For at-need burials, the administration fee identified under the adopted fees and charges is payable at the time of purchase.
• Cemetries and Crematoria NSW Interment Services levy. This is a levy applied by Cemetries and Crematoria NSW, that is collect by cemeteries operators.

 Ash  interments

• Administration fee;
• One off maintenance fee;
• Burial Licence – Placement of ashes (Columbarium Wall/Sandstone Wall), Placement of ashes (Existing columbarium wall or burial allotment), Ash under memorial tree/garden; and

 Each burial licence fee is further defined by advice on the residency status of the interment right holder – resident or non-resident.

A team member will be able to assist you with determining the fee that applies to your needs.

For at-need interment, the administration fee identified under the adopted fees and charges is payable at the time of purchase. 

• Cemetries and Crematoria NSW Interment Services levy. This is a levy applied by Cemetries and Crematoria NSW, that is collect by cemeteries operators.

 Re-openings

• Administration fee;
• Maintenance fee;
• Re-opening of grave. This is a reidentification/survey fee that applies to any interment (whether ashes or bodily remains) that follow the first interment, and
• Interment services levy.

Please note - Council does not undertake or engage gravediggers on behalf of customers – this is organised by the funeral director.

Please see the link to Council’s adopted fees and charges - Sport & Recreation » Camden Council (nsw.gov.au) where the identified fees under these categories is outlined.

Information required to enter into a consumer contract for an interment right - whether a reservation or at-need - can be found on Council's website - Camden General Cemetery » Camden Council (nsw.gov.au)

A perpetual interment right allows the licence holder to bury human remains in a particular allotment in a cemetery and for those remains to be left undisturbed forever (in perpetuity).

A renewable interment right allows the licence holder to bury human remains in a particular allotment in a cemetery and for those remains to be left undisturbed for a set period. The renewable interment right can be renewed for additional periods up to a maximum of 99 years. If a renewable interment right is not renewed, the grave may be re-used subject to a range of procedures as set out in the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 which must be followed by cemetery operators.

At this time, Camden General Cemetery only offers interment rights in perpetuity.

Interment Rights can be transferred one of two ways:

• Transfer to immediate family (of the interment right holder). Please see Section 6 of Council’s Adopted Fees and Charges to review this definition.
  
• Transfer to someone who does not meet the definition of immediate family.

Applications for transfer can be made by appointment. Appointments are facilitated Monday to Friday 8.30am to 11.30am, and 2pm to 3.30pm.

To make an appointment, please contact Camden Council:

Email: cemetery@camden.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 13 22 63

Yes you can, as long as the site has not been used for any interments (ash or bodily) the right can be returned to Council by application. The plot will be purchased at the rate paid at the time of purchase.

Please note that the administration, and maintenance fees are non-refundable.

If you are applying for new monumental works, the Interment Right Holder, or the monumental mason engaged will need to lodge an application for monumental work (with a signature on the application form from the Interment Right Holder).

If there is an existing monument at the site, but you would like to make changes to the work, an application for those amendments will need to be lodged for assessment.

No. All monumental works must be undertaken by a licenced monumental mason and require an application for the proposed works.

All monumental works, whether new or an amendment to existing works must comply with the Rules and Conditions for Burials, in addition to the Australian Standards.

Unapproved works may be removed by Council.

Definitions of these works are provided under Camden Council’s adopted fees and charges:

• Major monument amendments - when major amendments are made to existing monumental works ie. addition of gutters and slab where they did not form part of the original application and approval, complete demolition or replacement of existing works, replacement of damaged or failed monumental works with new.
• Minor monument works - addition of a vase, statue or inscription to existing monumental works/approval and record keeping.

Introduced 1 July 2024, the interment services levy (the levy) is a levy on interment services to fund the cost of Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW (CCNSW; the regulator) to deliver better outcomes for customers and the community, and to support industry to meet the new licensing standards.