| Burial |
Placing a coffin, casket or container holding human remains into an earth grave. Also known as interment |
| Burial shroud |
A piece of material used to wrap a deceased body |
| Coffin or casket |
A traditional container to hold whole body remains |
| Columbarium |
A structure (wall) with niches (small spaces) for the placement of urns or other approved containers used for cremated remains. A columbarium may be outdoors or inside a building |
| Crypt |
An above ground space in a mausoleum or other building to hold human remains |
| Deceased person |
A person who has died |
| Epitaph |
Words written in memory of a person who has died, particularly as an inscription on a headstone |
| Funeral director |
A person who advises on and arranges all aspects of a funeral service, including preparing bodies for burial and organising a burial or cremation |
| Grave |
The site in the cemetery where the coffin or casket containing the deceased will be or has been placed |
| Right holder |
The person recorded in the cemetery operator’s register as the holder of the interment right for a particular location at that cemetery |
| Interment |
Burial of human remains in the earth or the placement of human remains in mausoleum, vault, columbarium, or other structure designed for that purpose |
| Interment fee |
The fee payable to the cemetery for the purpose of facilitating the burial of human remains. Also known as an open and closing fee |
| Interment right |
A contract between a cemetery operator and a right holder permitting the right holder to have human remains buried in a particular location in a cemetery |
| Interment site |
A place in a cemetery for the interment of human remains |
| Lawn grave |
A type of grave that consists of a small headstone or plaque on a beam. There is no kerbing around the grave, no pathways and no grave plantings. The area where the coffin is interred is covered in turf |
| Mausoleum |
A building in which human remains are interred (placed) |
| Memorial |
A monument, plaque, headstone, garden, or other item to be installed on a site to commemorate or identify |
| Memorial garden |
A rose or planted garden for placing cremated ashes |
| Monumental lawn |
A type of grave that consists of a concrete beam on which a headstone can be installed. There is no kerbing around the grave, no pathways and no grave plantings. The area where the coffin is interred is covered in turf |
| Monumental mason |
A provider of stonemasonry services including creating, installing and repairing headstones and other memorials |
| Monumental section grave |
A type of grave that allows for monumental stonework to be installed covering the entire grave space |
| Perpetual interment |
The right allows human remains to be buried and left undisturbed forever |
| Revocation |
Cancelling or taking back of a perpetual interment right by a cemetery operator when an interment right has not been used within 25 years of purchase |
| Urn |
A container to hold cremated human remains. It can be placed in a columbarium or mausoleum, be buried in the ground, or retained by the family |
| Vault |
An above ground structure built for the purpose of housing multiple human remains containers to hold cremated human remains |