Exclusive Right of Interment/ Interment Fees

Section A & G – Plaque [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$3,882.00
Child
$2,144.00
Section B – Headstone & Plaque [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$5,896.00
Child
$2,937.00
**Section Monument B, C, D & E – Monuments [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$7,890.00
Child
$5,223.00
Orthodox Section – Monuments [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$7,890.00
Child
$5,223.00
Muslim Section (Monuments) [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$7,890.00
Child
$5,223.00
Muslim Section (Flat Marker) [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$3,882.00
Child
$2,144.00
Baha’i Section – Plaque [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$3,882.00
Child
$2,144.00
Jewish Section – Monument [1, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$7,890.00
Child
$5,223.00
Garden of Angels [1, 2, 6] - Garden of Angels graves accommodate caskets up to 110cm long by 45cm wide
Cost
Section A - Plaque only
$2,144.00
Section B - Headstone and Plaques
$2,937.00
Children’s Cremated Remains Interment Garden
$448.00
Un-Registrable Foetus burial
$456.00
Exclusive Right of Interment - Cremated Remains [6]
Cost
Memorial Palm Garden (single interment only)
$448.00
Memorial Lawn Garden above ground ornamental cylinder only (single interment)
N/A
Niche Wall
$616.00
Niche Wall (Lower two rows of niche walls)
$316.00
Memorial Beam – B Section
$531.00
Memorial Palm Scattering Garden
$144.00
Rock Memorials - no ashes

position only (installation, permit and plaque costs apply)

$288.00
Floating Plaques – no ashes

position only (installation, permit and plaque costs apply)

Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility [6]
Cost
Row 5,6,7 & 8 (single interment only)
$448.00
Row 1,2,3 & 4 (two interments per plot)
$882.00
Row 1,2,3 & 4 (second interment)
Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility – Columbarium [4, 6] - Row #1, 2, 3, 4
Cost
Niche B (Single)
$1,411.00
Niche A (allows 2 medium sized urns) [5]
$2,390.00
Niche A (Second urn interment) [5]
Nil
Niche C (Double allows 2 large urns)
$2,580.00
Niche C (Second urn interment)
Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility – Columbarium [4, 6] - Row #5
Cost
Niche B (Single)
$1,411.00
Niche A (allows 2 medium sized urns) [5]
$2,390.00
Niche A (Second urn interment) [5]
Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility – Family Tree Cremation Garden [6]
Cost
Allows up to twenty ash interments under one tree. Includes first memorial permit fee.
$4,071.00
Interment fee & permit fee for each additional individual cremated remains.
Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility – Memorial Trees
Cost
Includes the tree, memorial permit fee, concrete plinth and standard plaque


Additional Plinth, Plaque & permit fee (max 4 per tree)

$1,453.00

NOTE: Exclusive Rights reservations issued before the introduction of CEM02 Rights of interment Policy 2018 will attract the  Cemetery Fee and the Interment Fee at the time of interment.
** Plots pre‐purchased in Sections C and D may incur a pre‐digging  fee  to determine if  the site is usable in  the  future due  to underground rock formations. 

Exclusive Right - Interment Fees

Section A & G – Plaque [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Cremated Remains
$281.00
Section B – Headstone & Plaque [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Cremated Remains
$281.00
**Section Monument B, C, D & E – Monuments [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Cremated Remains
$281.00
Orthodox Section – Monuments [1, 2, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Cremated Remains
$281.00
Muslim Section (Monuments) [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Muslim Section (Flat Marker) [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Baha’i Section – Plaque [3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Jewish Section – Monument [1, 3, 6]
Cost
Adult
$1,044.00
Child
$1,044.00
Garden of Angels [1, 2, 6] - Garden of Angels graves accommodate caskets up to 110cm long by 45cm wide
Cost
Section A - Plaque only
$1,044.00
Section B - Headstone and Plaques
$1,044.00
Children’s Cremated Remains Interment Garden
$281.00
Un-Registrable Foetus burial
$255.00
Exclusive Right of Interment - Cremated Remains [6]
Cost
Memorial Palm Garden (single interment only)
$281.00
Niche Wall
$281.00
Niche Wall (Lower two rows of niche walls)
$281.00
Memorial Beam – B Section
$281.00
Memorial Palm Scattering Garden
Nil
Rock Memorials - no ashes

position only (installation, permit and plaque costs apply) 

Nil
Floating Plaques – no ashes

position only (installation, permit and plaque costs apply) 

Nil
Courtyard of Tranquility [6]
Cost
Row 5,6,7 & 8 (single interment only)
$281.00
Row 1,2,3 & 4 (two interments per plot)
$281.00
Row 1,2,3 & 4 (second interment)
$281.00
Courtyard of Tranquility – Columbarium [4, 6] - Row #1, 2, 3, 4
Cost
Niche B (Single)
$281.00
Niche A (allows 2 medium sized urns) [5]
$281.00
Niche A (Second urn interment) [5]
Nil
Niche C (Double allows 2 large urns)
$281.00
Niche C (Second urn interment)
$281.00
Courtyard of Tranquility – Columbarium [4, 6] - Row # 5
Cost
Niche B (Single)
$281.00
Niche A (allows 2 medium sized urns) [5]
$281.00
Niche A (Second urn interment) [5]
$281.00
Courtyard of Tranquility – Family Tree Cremation Garden [6]
Cost
Allows up to twenty ash interments under one tree. Includes first memorial permit fee.
$281.00
Interment fee & permit fee for each additional individual cremated remains.
$417.00
Courtyard of Tranquility – Memorial Trees
Cost
Includes the tree, memorial permit fee, concrete plinth and standard plaque
$281.00
Additional Plinth, Plaque & permit fee (max 4 per tree)
$785.00

NOTE: Exclusive Rights reservations issued before the introduction of CEM02 Rights of interment Policy 2018 will attract the  Cemetery Fee and the Interment Fee at the time of interment.
** Plots pre‐purchased in Sections C and D may incur a pre‐digging  fee  to determine if  the site is usable in  the  future due  to underground rock formations. 

Cremation Services

Adult Cremation
$1,667.00
Infant Cremation

(Coffin size not to exceed 110cm long)

$833.00
Adult Cremations with Oversized coffins

(200kg or heavier)

$2,112.00
Un-Registrable Foetus Cremation
$357.00
Incineration of materials
$1,082.00
Additional Ash Containers
$33.00
Viewing of Cremation (per cremation)
$144.00
Packaging and posting of cremated remains
$214.00
Extended Cremation Service Package

includes coffin, transportation and cremation. (pick‐up from Royal Darwin Hospital & Palmerston Regional Hospital Morgues only) 

$2,980.00
Extended Cremation Service Package – Oversized Coffin
$3,904.00
Extended Cremation Service Package – Infant

(Capsule not to exceed 110cm long)

$1,544.00
Purchase of an assembled capsule
$535.00
Refrigerated storage of coffin (per night, maximum 5 nights)
$45.00
Cleaning of Cremator (per hour or part thereof)
$214.00
Extra Charge on Byron Coffins

(extra residue, extra processing) 

$102.00

Administrational Changes for Exclusive Rights

Hold on the right to purchase an Exclusive Right of Interment
Cost
The hold is for a three-month period in line with CEM 02 Interment Rights Policy
$203.00
Extension of Hold
Cost
The plot is held for an additional three months. Maximum hold time 6 months total.
$203.00
Hold on the right to purchase an Exclusive Right of Interment – Cremated Remains
Cost
Applicable for all plots for cremated remains.
$96.00
Extension of Hold
Cost
The plot is held for an additional three months. Maximum hold time 6 months total.
$96.00
Reprint of Exclusive Right Fee includes Certificate
Cost
Exclusive Right Fee includes Certificate
$12.00
Transfer of Exclusive Rights of Interment
Cost
Transfer of Exclusive Right of Burial into another person’s name
$241.00

Refund of Exclusive Rights
Upon proof of purchase, 75% of the fee at time of purchase will be refunded less administration fee and the certificate fee of $16 pre-1st July 2013, $10 after 1st July 2013, $12 after 1st July 2021.

Ministerial Approved Burials

Second Interment: Section A & G
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is below 750mm from ground level
$1,401.00
Third & subsequent Interment: Section A & G
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is 500mm from ground level
$1,401.00
Second Interment: Section B
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is below 750mm from ground level
$1,401.00
Third & subsequent Interment: Section B
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is 500mm from ground level
$1,401.00
Second Interment: Section C, D & Monument B
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is below 750mm from ground level
$1,401.00
Third & subsequent Interment: Section C, D & Monument B
Cost
Where the upper surface of coffin is 500mm from ground level (includes excavation)
$1,401.00
Grave Investigation
Cost
To ascertain depth per hour per staff member
$142.00

Miscellaneous Charges

Miscellaneous Charges
Cost
Extra Depth fee
$469.00
Exhumations coffins – ground preparation (Ministerial approval required)
$1,473.00
Disinterment of Cremated Remains from ground
$142.00
Removal of Cremated Remains from Columbarium/Niche Wall
$142.00
Pre-digging of grave
$587.00
Display Beam Annual Fee
$909.00
Columbarium replacement granite panel
$509.00
Grave Shoring

(to stabilise the grave sides) 

$330.00
Chapel Services
Cost
Chapel Hire, includes private family viewing room and Kitchenette (per hour)
$419.00
Chapel Overtime Fee (per hour or part thereof)
$194.00
Hire of Viewing room only per hour (does not include cremation viewing)
$143.00
Memorial Bench
Cost
Installation of memorial benches
$593.00
Non-regular hour service charges
Cost
Monday - Friday: After 4.30pm (per staff per hour)
$214.00
Monday - Friday: Cremations after 3:00pm (per hour or part thereof)
$214.00
Monday - Friday: Burials after 4.00pm (per hour per staff or part thereof)
$214.00
Monday - Friday: After 3hrs has been exceeded (per staff per hour)
$285.00
Weekends: Per hour per staff member
$285.00
Public Holidays: Per hour per staff member

(Weekends and public holidays minimum two hours labour)

$285.00
Memorial Permits
Cost
Plaques (Fee is GST Exempt)
$143.00
Headstones (Fee is GST Exempt)
$241.00
Monuments (Fee is GST Exempt)
$357.00
Benches (Fee is GST Exempt)
$219.00
Memorial Installation Fees via Thorak Staff
Cost
Plaque
$142.00
Removal and/or re-installation of memorial plaque
$142.00
Other Charges
Cost
Outside Services
$330.00
Marquee Rental 4 x 4 m (includes 20 chairs)
$142.00
Marquee Rental 6 x 3 m (includes 20 chairs)
$214.00
Funeral Directors Permit Fee per financial year (Fee is GST Exempt)
$1,491.00
Ornamental Memorial options (Urns, necklaces and keepsakes)
Cost + 60%
Brass Plaques – various sizes and designs
Cost + 60%
Floating Plaques and Ornamental Cylinders
Cost + 60%

Administration Charge

Administration
Cost
Administration Charge

All Litchfield residents / rate payers received a 10% discount on the above quoted prices.
Must show evidence by way of driver’s license, rates notice or recent (no older than 90 days) government correspondence with a residential address within the Litchfield Municipality.

10% on fee charged
Refund Administration Fee
$41.00

Infant Subsidy

  • For  burial  or  cremation  costs  of  children  two  years and  under,  including  stillborn  children. This  does  not  include un‐registrable foetus.
  • The subsidy will be available up  to a maximum of  fifty percent (50%) of  the interment cost or 50% of  the  cremation cost or $900.00 whichever is lesser, at any section of Thorak Regional Cemetery.
  • The parent or legal guardian is a resident within the Darwin, Palmerston or Litchfield municipalities.
  • The subsidy will be for the interment cost or cremation cost (not both) and will be applicable at the time of  service as a one‐off only payment. One claim per infant.
  • The subsidy will be paid to individual residents only and will not be available to organisations or government  agencies carrying out interments or cremations for children in their care.
  • The subsidy will only be available on receipt of proof of residence within the Darwin, Palmerston and Litchfield  Municipalities. Proof of residence will require photo identification with a current address shown, or a letter  or  account  for  utilities  service  including  Power  Water  (no  older  than  3‐month‐old),  a  current  rental  agreement, rates notice, or any other identification document as approved by the Cemetery Manager. 

Thorak Regional Cemetery Fees and Charges 2023-2024