West Tamar Council manages a number of cemeteries throughout the municipality, providing burial and memorial services for the local community.
Cemetery Locations
Beaconsfield Cemetery
Contact: West Tamar Council
Phone: 03 6383 6350
Street Address: Cemetery Road, Beaconsfield 7270
Postal Address: PO Box 16, Riverside 7250
Frankford Cemetery
Contact: West Tamar Council
Phone: 03 6383 6350
Street Address: 1647 Frankford Road, Frankford 7275
Postal Address: PO Box 16, Riverside 7250
Winkleigh Cemetery
Contact: West Tamar Council
Phone: 03 6383 6350
Street Address: 888 Winkleigh Road, Winkleigh 7275
Postal Address: PO Box 16, Riverside 7250
Reservation and Interment Options
Various burial and reservation options are available at the cemeteries. While Frankford Cemetery provides Monumental burials, Beaconsfield and Winkleigh Cemeteries offer both Lawn and Monumental burial options.
All cemeteries feature Niche walls (Columbarium’s), and Beaconsfield Cemetery also has Memorial Gardens for ashes internments.
Fees
The schedule of fees for reservations, interments, and plaque placements for the current financial year is available online here.
Cemetery Registers
The Council’s online Cemetery Register Enquiry service will be available soon. Stay tuned for updates on when you’ll be able to search cemetery records for Council managed cemeteries.
Contact and Enquiries
For burial information, reservations, or general enquiries regarding the cemeteries, please contact West Tamar Council by email at wtc@wtc.tas.gov.au.
Cemetery Forms
All applications for reservations, interments and plaque placements require the completion of the relevant application form. All application forms for cemetery services can be accessed here.
Cemetery Policy
To read Councils Cemetery Policy which provides information and guidance for both Council employees and residents of the West Tamar in relation to Interment of human remains, funerals, graves, grave markings, memorial walls, lawn burials, plaques, vases, tributes and visitor behaviour, as well as standards for the ongoing administration and maintenance please access here.
Non-council Managed Cemeteries in the Municipality
Auld Kirk Presbyterian Cemetery – Sidmouth
Contact: Pastor Ian Partridge
Phone: 03 6330 3702
Mobile: 0439 394 564
Street Address: 46 Auld Kirk Road, Sidmouth 7270
Postal Address: PO Box 150, Exeter 7275
Email: westtamarpc@gmail.com
Web: www.westtamarpresbyterianchurch.org.au
St Canice Roman Catholic Cemetery
Contact: Mr Bernie Turner
Phone: 03 6327 3971
Street Address: 33 Glengarry Road, Glengarry 7275
Postal Address: PO Box 16, Riverside 7250
Supply River Uniting Church Cemetery
Contact: Stephen Kerrison
Phone: 03 6331 9783
Street Address: 476 Winkleigh Road, Winkleigh 7275
Postal Address: 401 Winkleigh Road, Exeter, Tas 7275