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  1. Dedication and diversity: celebrating 41 years with Dean

    • 9 November 2023

    For more than 40 years, Dean Raymond has been a proud member of the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) Horticulture team

    • Careers at SMCT

  2. Keeping their memories close: Memorial ideas for the loss of a child

    If you have lost a child, the grief can be the most challenging experience you ever face.

  3. Honouring fathers and father figures 2023

    • 27 September 2023

    This year SMCT helped families acknowledge fathers and father figures in many ways – hosting a beautiful annual memorial event dedicated to honouring and remembering those who are no longer with us.

    • Events

  4. Munching through weeds at Bunurong

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 12 September 2023

    The Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) welcomed ten goats in August as part of an ongoing commitment to a more ‘natural’ system of weed management.

  5. Dying to Know at SMCT

    • Springvale Botanical Cemetery
    • 24 August 2023

    In August, SMCT partnered with Grief Australia to host a ‘Death Café’ style event in honour of Dying to Know Day.

    • Community Care & Wellbeing Program

  6. Statement on Genesis Lake Remediation Project - Friday 18 August 2023

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 18 August 2023

    We recognise that this may be a challenging and delicate period, and we are committed to providing our utmost assistance to those who could be affected.

  7. How mulch is helping develop native grasslands at Melbourne General Cemetery

    • 12 July 2023

    From May to August 2023, SMCT teams will lay 1,400 cubic metres of mulch across MGC - the equivalent of 14,000 wheelbarrow loads of tree loppers mulch, laid to a depth of 5cm.

    • Project

  8. UPDATE | Changes to the Centre for Care & Wellbeing program

    • 19 June 2023

    From 1 July 2023, we start our transition to a tailored community care and wellbeing program with the intention to share the program more broadly.

    • Community Care & Wellbeing Program

  9. Hotham Monument Restoration

    • Melbourne General Cemetery
    • 15 June 2023

    The base, column and capital of the historic Hotham Monument have now been restored at Melbourne General Cemetery

    • Project

  10. Creating space to acknowledge miscarriage and early pregnancy loss at Bunurong

    • Bunurong Memorial Park
    • 23 May 2023

    Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) is proud to announce our commitment to co-designing a memorial garden at Bunurong Memorial Park solely dedicated to miscarriage and early pregnancy loss.

    • Events

  11. National Reconciliation Week and SMCT: an explainer

    • 1 February 2023

    SMCT acknowledges and has been working with Traditional Owners and community to foster meaningful relationships and understanding.

  12. Our reconciliation journey

    • 8 January 2023

    SMCT has undertaken work on a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Since 2006, RAPs have enabled organisations to sustainably and strategically take meaningful action to advance reconciliation.

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