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OTHER FEES (All prices are GST inclusive)

Clergy Fees (Standard Fee) $220.00
Civil Celebrant Fees From (Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants) $440.00
Certified Death Certificate (For legal purposes - each additional) $28.40
Family Death Notice (e.g approximately $8.99 per line in the Sun) $At Cost
Organist (usually from $110.00 to $225.00) $At Cost
Mourning Car 1 service - 3 hours $375.00
  2 services - 4 hours $475.00
Rosary or Vigil Prayers (separate from Catholic Mass) $245.00
Memorial Book $ 49.50
Collection and return of cremated remains within Melbourne $ 49.50
Viewing other than at the service (Carnegie) $220.00
Weekend or After Hours Service add
Plus additional cemetery or crematorium fees.
$440.00
Public Holiday Service add
Plus additional cemetery or crematorium fees.
$550.00
Embalming if required $575.00
Embalming after Post Mortem or for Overseas $875.00
Family Death Notice At Cost
Organist At Cost (Usual range is from $110 up to $225)
Fawkner additional 1 hours in Chapel (Cremation) OR overtime $45.00
Lilydale additional 1/2 hour in chapel (cremation)
            additional 1 hour in chapel (cremation)
$94.00
$174.00
Springvale additional 1 hour in Chapel (Cremation) OR overtime $133.00
Waiting time per hour between services for refreshments $110.00 per hour (i.e. between church/chapel and cemetery/crematorium)
Each additional staff from from $121.00 minimum 3 hours
Pre Paid Establishment Fee $95.00

Memorialisation of a grave or cremated remains (Plaques, Headstones etc) is best arranged personally (most often some time after the funeral) with the cemetery or crematorium due to the large number of choices that may be made.