Maintenance works for two cemeteries

Cemeteries at Warragul and Bunyip have benefited from State Government grants

The cemetery Trusts Program will provide $15,000 to Gulwarra Heights Cemetery and $12,000 to Bunyip to deliver upgrade and maintenance works.

The funding will be used to install concrete slabs in the lawn section of Bunyip cemetery and to construct a granite niche wall at Gulwarra Heights Memorial Park.

Both projects will provide much-needed infrastructure for the operation of the cemeteries – benefitting staff, visitors, and the whole community.

The grants program provides financial support to help cemeteries, many of which are volunteer run, continue to function as peaceful and welcoming places of remembrance for the whole community.

Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing said the latest funding round would secure the longterm future of these sites and provide them with the modern facilities expected by the community.

“The Andrews Labor government recognises the important role cemeteries play in our communities, and these grants will provide cemeteries across West Gippsland with an opportunity to get those much-needed upgrades.

“It is so important that communities have access to peaceful places where they can remember and grieve loved ones.

“This funding will help to provide the infrastructure and accessibility upgrades our cemeteries need – allowing all members of our community access to a place to pay their respects to those no longer with us and to give them a meaningful way to preserve the memory of those they have lost,” Ms Shing said.