Located in the heart of Sydney’s most picturesque parkland cemetery Macquarie Park’s modern crematorium serves the Magnolia, Palm and Camellia chapels. Three bright and comfortable funereal chapels each delivering a high-tech contemporary service facility tailored to meet your every need.

The efficient modern crematorium and chapels’ contemporary architecture create a tranquil environment for occasions that draw families, friends and communities together to celebrate the lives and pay their final respects to a loved one.

The crematorium complex has discrete viewing and mourners’ lounges and individual closed courtyards adjacent to each of its three chapels for your privacy prior to and after the formal cremation service.

The crematorium’s Magnolia, Palm and Camellia chapels each have the capacity to seat 200, and comfortably accommodate up to 400 mourners inside and out. Inbuilt audiovisual facilities and live internet webcast functionality make certain everyone can be part of your funeral proceedings prior to either burial or cremation as well as on-line after the event.
Macquarie Park’s unique crematorium complex provides:

Three bright airy chapels
Intimate viewing & mourning lounges
Private mourners’ courtyards
Extensive burial & memorial options
An extensive range of urns & cremation jewellery
Assistance with repatriation of ashes
A great selection of candles
A variety of memorial options
Direct level function centre access
Excellent after service catering

Smart venue planning also delivers direct level access from the crematorium’s chapels to the park’s cafe and florist, the reception centre and post cremation service on-site catering for between 10 and 400 cremation attendees. A courtesy cart is available for those unable to move independently between the car park, crematorium chapels or function rooms.

Your burial and memorial options for cremains in NSW

Questions are often asked about cremation and what to do with the ashes. More than 60% of individuals in NSW now request that they be cremated however, it is common that no specific provisions are made for what is to be done with their cremains (cremation ashes).

What can we do with the Ashes? You have a choice of many burial and memorial alternatives at Macquarie Park Crematorium and Cemetery.

The Rivergum Reserve,

the Garden of Peace,

the Garden of Tranquillity ,

the Rose Garden or

Olive Grove, each providing an idyllic location for your loved one’s cremains, and able to fulfil the religious and devotional needs of those left behind.

Can I scatter the Ashes ?

Whilst some individuals proclaim whilst living that their ashes be scattered at a favourite holiday destination or waterway this does not take into account the emotional and spiritual needs of their surviving relatives, and the generations that follow to have a individual marked place where they can visit and pay their respects to a lost loved one.

What is allowed to be done with cremation ashes in NSW is governed by the State’s Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulations. Macquarie Park will provide a number of options for families to consider. These include:

present the ashes to the applicant or
place the ashes in a dedicated burial ground or
retain the ashes for a reasonable time

Should the ashes not be claimed within a reasonable period, and after giving 14 days notice to the applicant, the crematorium may dispose of the ashes.

Circumstances you must consider before scattering crematorium ashes

When the deceased requested that their ashes be scattered in a public place or park, access to that area could be restricted for some reason in the future. Undeveloped bush, waterway frontages and parkland may be developed, or other conditions could arise that make it difficult or impossible for you or your family to remember the deceased by visiting the site.

Scattering ashes without prior consent from the empowered authority will likely contravene the provisions of the Clean Air Act, or constitute water pollution. If approved the presiding council and other Government authority will set the time when and the location where you are allowed to scatter cremation ashes, and can impose other conditions.

It is important to carefully choose the place where you scatter the ashes of your loved ones, as once scattered, their precious remains cannot be collected. A dedicated and memorialised location in either Macquarie Park’s Rivergum Reserve, the Garden of Peace, the Garden of Tranquillity or Olive Grove is more often a far better resolution than an ill-considered ash scattering.

The Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium’s Trustees regularly open the park to the public to enable you and those like you to dispel the many myths and mysteries surrounding cremation and the funereal industry. You are encouraged to participate in a ‘Behind the Scenes’ tour of one of Australia’s most modern crematoria, its three magnificent chapels, or walk freely throughout the Rivergum Reserve, the Garden of Peace, the Garden of Tranquillity and Olive Grove at any time. Simply call a family consultant on 02 9805 0499 or complete an on-line enquiry to book a tour and/or be sent the cremation information you seek.

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