The administration in arranging the items and services of a funeral.

Australian consumers have the right to choose which services and items they wish to pay for.
We advise that you request to have an ‘Itemised Price list before any documents are signed. Once a document is signed your rights may not be as flexible. Refer to our recommended Funeral Homes and Funeral Planners.

$695 – $7,000 >

An official statement signed by a doctor outlining the cause, date, and place of a person’s death. This is a mandatory legal document.

A funeral cannot occur without a death certificate.

$58 >

An official statement signed by a doctor outlining the cause, date, and place of a person’s death. This is a mandatory legal document.

A funeral cannot occur without a death certificate.

$100 – $225 >

The location where a casket, coffin, or urn will be placed. Prices are much dearer in metropolitan cemeteries than in country or rural areas. Natural burials are also an option where a deceased is placed in a nature reserve with little memorials to mark the spot.

• Above ground: Crypt Mausoleum – Coffin
• Above ground: Memorial Wall – Urn
• Below ground: Burial Plot- Coffin
• Below ground: Burial Plot- Urn
• Home
• Scattering of ashes

$0 – $15,000 >

A container which houses a deceased person.

Religious beliefs requiring the deceased to be in a shroud for burial can be removed from the coffin or casket prior to burial.

Crematoriums require a deceased person to be placed in a coffin or a casket for cremation. Both the coffin/casket and the deceased are cremated.

• Timber casket
• Metal casket
• Premium casket
• Religious casket

$500 – $15,000 >

A metal container a coffin, casket or urn is placed in to protect it from environmental elements.

• Casket & Coffin Vault
• Urn Vault

$100 – $500 >

A remembrance stone or plaque which identifies the deceased person’s location usually within a cemetery.

• Metal plaque
• Marble stone
• Reconstituted stone

$100 – $5,000 >

A specialised vehicle to transport a deceased person safely from a hospital or residence usually to a funeral home or morgue.

$150 – $500 >

The body of a deceased person must be handled and stored according to Australian Law. This is often inside a Mortuary.
Open casket funerals which enable viewing of the deceased often require the deceased person to be embalmed. Embalming is the temporary preservation of the body in preparation for a funeral where the deceased is formally viewed.

• Embalming can only be performed by a qualified and registered embalmer and the body can only be held in a certified holding facility.
• Embalming is usually carried out when a deceased person is formally viewed during a funeral.
• If you do not want a embalming you have the right to make arrangements with your ‘Funeral Director’. This usually requires a the burial or cremation to occur relatively quickly.
  This is common for certain religious beliefs.

$300 – $1500 >

A specialised vehicle which can transport the coffin of a person to a funeral.

• Traditional black hearse
• Old fashioned vehicle
• Horse and carriage

$250 – $700 >

Funeral entourage vehicles to transport family members in procession of similar cars.

$500 – $1000>

A floral wreath is uusally placed on top of the coffin or casket during the ceremony.

• Floral wreaths
• Floral arrangements inside the chapel, house, church, hall
• Floral arrangements can be arranged by you.

$100 – $700 >

Funerals which have a service may include a wake or an after service gathering which often provides food for the attendees.

• Church halls, cemetery chapels sometimes have catering options included in there hire venue fees.
• Funeral Directors often arrange catering if you choose to use their private venues (halls)
• You can arrange your own catering

$150 – $500 >