Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery

Frankston Memorial Park (Frankston Cemetery) is located on the corner of Cranbourne Road and Moorooduc Highway (McMahons Road), Frankston. The facility is administered by Frankston City Council with the aim of providing a local quality, tranquil resting place for the deceased and visiting relatives.

Frankston Cemetery continues to cater for persons with existing burial rights in either lawn or monumental sections. Cremated remains are also able to be placed in such graves.

Land was set aside for a cemetery in Frankston in 1864-65. The first recorded burial was 1878, although there were almost certainly burials prior to this date before the keeping of records.

To help maintain the beauty, dignity and safety of the cemetery for all visitors, the following items are not permitted within the grounds:

Artificial flowers should be kept to a minimum and must not be attached to trees, plants or rocks. Unapproved items, damaged items and weathered artificial flowers may be removed and disposed of without notice.

Please be mindful of neighbouring burial and memorial sites when placing flowers, decorations or tributes. Items that extend beyond a designated memorial or burial site can cause distress to other families and may be removed.

Before placing flowers in cemetery vases, please remove all wrapping, plastic and rubber bands. These materials contribute to litter and environmental impacts. Visitors are also encouraged to remove any withered or weather-damaged flowers and place them in the bins provided.

Only authorised vehicles are permitted within the cemetery grounds. Visitor parking is available on Clarendon Street and Government Road.

Visitors requiring vehicle access due to mobility needs can enter through the Clarendon Street gates. 

To arrange additional access:

A Council officer will provide access through the gates and remain onsite during the visit.

Thank you for helping us maintain a respectful, safe and welcoming environment for all visitors.

Frankston Cemetery Trust is comprised of the Frankston City Councillors, of which the Mayor Cr Sue Baker, Cr Steffie Conroy and Cr David Asker  are the nominated delegates of the Committee.

The purpose of the meetings is to keep the Trust informed on matters relating to the Frankston Memorial Park in addition to authorising certain actions.

Site maps of Frankston Memorial Park

Site Map - Aerial(PDF, 194KB)

• Frankston Memorial Park Area 1(PDF, 784KB)
• Frankston Memorial Park Area 2(PDF, 897KB)
• Frankston Memorial Park Area 3(PDF, 729KB)
• Frankston Memorial Park Area 4(PDF, 2MB)
• Frankston Memorial Park Area 5(PDF, 347KB)
• Frankston Memorial Park Area 6(PDF, 696KB)

View the form here.

Please note: This search request will be sent to Frankston City Council Cemetery Enquiries. Officers will respond to your query as soon as possible.

While no new burial sites are available for purchase, Frankston Memorial Park continues to accommodate burials in existing graves where burial rights are already held. Subject to approval, a limited number of cremated remains may also be interred in existing graves.

All burial bookings must be arranged through a funeral director, who will coordinate the necessary arrangements with Council.

On rare occasions, families may choose to relinquish an unused pre-reserved gravesite back to the Cemetery Trust. When this occurs, the gravesite may become available to individuals on the waiting list.

To be added to the waiting list, please contact the Memorial Park Team on 1300 322 322 or cemetery@frankston.vic.gov.au.

• Application-for-interment-authorisation-bodily-remains-Form-1-JUNE-2025.docx(DOCX, 69KB)

The Lawn Cemetery is located along the Government Road side of the Cemetery. Bronze plaque memorialisation is provided by an individually cast bronze plaque size 381x216, which is mounted on a concrete beam at the grave. These sites can accommodate only three standard bronze plaques. Ordering of plaques can only be done by the titleholder of the gravesite and by use of the plaque order form available through this website.

The Use of a Lawn Grave

The Right of Interment, or person legally acting on his/her behalf, has a number of rights and obligations, principally:

• To provide his/her written permission, and obtain the written permission of the Council, prior to every use of the grave. Such uses include each burial and the interment of cremated remains
• To issue instructions prior to the first burial in the grave, which will determine the number of subsequent burials, if any, the grave will accommodate
• To maintain the grave
• To advise the Council of his/her current address, in order that contact may be made, if there is a need

Ashes memorial sites are available for purchase at Frankston Memorial Park. To discuss available options, please contact the Memorial Park Team on 1300 322 322 or by email to cemetery@frankston.vic.gov.au.

Cremated remains may be interred in any memorial site currently available for sale. Memorial sites are offered with either a 25-year tenure or perpetual tenure, commencing from the date the site is allocated.

At the end of the tenure period, arrangements may be made to renew the tenure, or for the cremated remains to be collected or scattered within the cemetery grounds.

Before any interment can take place, an Application for Approval to Inter Cremated Human Remains must be submitted. Please note that plaques for the niche wall should be ordered well in advance of the interment date.

Application forms and additional information are available on this website.

• Application-for-approval-to-inter-cremated-human-remains-fillable.pdf(PDF, 84KB)

The memorial tree is an impressive living memorial that provides for up to four ashes interments and commemorative plaques. Plaques are placed around the tree.

Two (2) Niche Walls are constructed near the Government Road entrance. There are only a small number of sites available. Special plaques seal the cremated remains into the niche wall.

Individual memorial rocks each provide for up to two (2) memorial positions. These positions are sold separately. The rocks are set around the perimeter of the cemetery along McMahons and Government Roads.

Individual standard roses each provide for up to two (2) memorial positions. These positions are sold separately. The roses are set around the perimeter of the Cemetery along McMahons Road, Government Road and Clarendon Street.

It is the family's responsibility to arrange a Monumental Mason to design and supply the headstone or monument for a grave site.

Registered masons may work on gravesites within the Cemetery. The mason must ensure that the design is approved by the Council and obtain the necessary permits before any work begins at the site.

Families may choose to use bronze plaques mounted on a concrete desk to mark grave sites in the monumental section.  A range of designs are available.  There are many ways to personalise a plaque e.g. through the use of photographs and emblems.

To discuss the range of options available, please email cemetery@frankston.vic.gov.au.

Ordering of plaques can only be done by the titleholder of the gravesite and by use of the plaque order form available through this website.

• Frankston_Memorial_Park_-_Lawn_Plaque_Order_Form.pdf(PDF, 188KB)
• Frankston_Memorial_Park_-_Plaque_Order_Form.pdf(PDF, 179KB)
• frankston_memorial_park_plaque_examples.pdf(PDF, 162KB)