Carr Villa FAQs

Carr Villa Memorial Park opened with its first burial in 1905. You can search our online burial records hereto find the location of your loved ones.

Yes. Florists will deliver to Carr Villa Memorial Park Office, where our Client Services Team can place the flowers on your loved ones resting place. Please ensure the florist is provided the full name of your loved one, and your contact number.

Yes, burials will go ahead in all weather conditions, however, if the conditions become extreme, and the safety of guests is at risk from fallen trees or lighting strikes, our team will work closely with funeral homes to ensure a burial can take place safely.

The City of Launceston is responsible for maintaining the grounds and gardens at Carr Villa, via a dedicated team of horticulturists. The memorials/headstones on graves and ash placement areas are the responsibility of each individual family.

Yes. Cemeteries are public spaces and we encourage you to visit. We ask that you are aware of your surroundings, and are respectful near funerals, other staff, and our staff.

Yes. As Carr Villa is a public space, you must ensure your dog is on a lead at all times. You must also clean up after your dog, with dog bags located at the main gates at Nunamina Avenue.

The team at Carr Villa understand that visiting a loved ones grave and placing tributes can be an important part of the grieving process.

However, it is extremely important that items do not create a safety risk to the community, employees, wildlife, and pets, as well disturbing the graves of others.

The main concerns encountered are tributes that are blown over in high winds and consequently break and create physical sharp hazards, as well as tributes placed on the end of the concrete beam strip, and items placed into the lawn.

Therefore, the following items are unable to be used:

• Glass products, including jars, vases, and bottles, which can easily be broken; and;
• Any tributes that are encroaching onto the lawn, and the concrete beam strip edging the lawn, which will include ceramics, flags and solar lights.

As well as the above, it is important we support and respect all family members within the facility, by ensuring all tributes are contained to each individual site.

The Carr Villa Memorial Park team routinely check the cemetery for hazards, and will remove items that have been identified in the above.

If you have any questions in relation to items, please reach out to the Client Services Team by visiting the office, calling 6323 3600 or email carrvilla@launceston.tas.gov.au.

A grave at Carr Villa can accommodate a single burial or two burials. A grave will also accommodate up to at least three sets of ashes.

We encourage planning ahead for loved ones to be positioned together in the future. However, with certain permissions, it may be possible to be laid to rest with your family.

Please contact our friendly client services team for advice.

Graves, and ash placement locations can be pre-purchased. Our friendly Client Services Team is available to discuss your options. Please contact them for assistance.

Currently at Carr Villa when an 'Exclusive Right of Burial' is purchased, (either via prepurchase/or at time of need) the grave location is granted in perpetuity, meaning forever.

Following a pre-purchase (reservation), we recommend talking to your family about what you have organised and placing relevant forms with your other important documentation, e.g. with family or the Executor of your Estate.

At the time of need, your family can discuss with your funeral director your pre-paid location, who will then liaise with our team.

A monumental stonemason is required to great the monumental work for a grave on behalf of the family. It is the responsibility of each family to coordinate the monumental work, and also any ongoing maintenance for the site.

Please contact our Client Services team and they can provide a list of monumental masons.

Our Client Service Team provide personalised, face-to-face appointments to individuals and families to design and personalise a bronze plaque for your loved one.

Please reach out to our team to coordinate a plaque that will provide a meaningful and lasting tribute to their departed loved one.

A monumental stonemason is required to great a monumental headstone for this area. It is the responsibility of each family to coordinate the monumental work, noting this area has clear guidelines in relation to the size of each headstone.

Please contact our Client Services Team and they can provide a list of monumental masons, as well as details on size requirements.

Yes you can, however, to avoid the costs associated with installing a plaque from another business, we encourage you to utilise the services of our team, as installation costs are included in your plaque purchase.

We understand that placing of tributes can be an important part of the grieving and healing process.

We discourage the use of glass, porcelain, terracotta, and ceramic objects, as when broken they pose a risk to visitors, wildlife, and our team who maintain the site daily.

Your tributes need to be kept within the confines of your loved ones grave, and placed on the concrete beam. Any items placed within the lawn, or the lawn edge of the beam, e.g. solar lights, may be removed to support safe maintenance of the site.

As the soil settles after a burial, it's common for a grave to sink over time, which is a natural occurrence.

Our grounds staff regularly conduct maintenance, including topping up and dressing graves as needed, to address any settling. Please reach out to our team if you have any concerns.

The site of a collapsed monumental grave certainly can be distressing for families and visitors to the site, however, please be assured that underneath the cracking is a significant layer of soil.

When monumental work is constructed over a grave and sufficient time has not been allowed for the soil to settle, these slabs can crack over time, and collapse within the grave. If you experience this on a loved ones grave, reach out to a stone mason who can provide assistance.

Our team will step in and provide assistance in locations that pose a safety risk to visitors.

There is no single reason why people choose cremation. It is a very personal choice and can be a reflection of philosophical, religious or cultural beliefs or based on other preferences including conservation and land usage.

No. Only one person is cremated at a time.

Yes, to meet the requirements of the Cemetery and Cremation Act, the deceased is required to be transferred to our crematorium in a suitable receptacle. Please speak with your funeral director to discuss your specific needs.

This can depend on multiple factors, however, on average, the cremation can take 90 minutes to 2 hours.

After cremation, the cremated remains are sealed and placed in a container with an identifying label. The crematorium securely stores the ashes until they are collected by the chosen funeral director or transferred to our main office for safe keeping until the Authorising Person (the person who signed the paperwork for cremation) collects, or they are placed within an ash placement garden or wall.

The Carr Villa Crematorium provides cremation services only to regulated funeral homes throughout Tasmania. If you would like to be cremated at the Carr Villa Crematorium you can request this service via your funeral home when arranging a funeral service.

No. The Carr Villa Crematorium is only able to undertake human cremations.

Yes. The Carr Villa Memorial Park team is able to support this request. Our crematorium area has been installed with specially designed glass doors that allows families to view the insertion process in a safe and respectful environment.

Yes, an ash placement location can be pre-purchased ready for your ashes to be placed when that time comes. Following a pre-purchase (reservation), we recommend talking to your family about what you have organised and placing relevant forms with your other important documentation, e.g. with family or the Executor of your Estate.

Our Client Service Team provide personalised, face-to-face appointments to individuals and families to find a suitable location for your loved ones ashes.

Our team will take you on a tour of our locations to find an area that meets your individual needs. Please contact the team today to make an appointment.

Yes. Our team will help you to design and personalise a bronze plaque as a marker to your loved ones location.

Our friendly Client Services Team can work with you via phone and/or email to find a suitable location and personalise a plaque for your loved one.

Yes. Our Clients Services team will show you locations available and can work with you to coordinate a personalised plaque to suit your needs.