Intheblack, September 1st, 2007
THE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL INDUSTRY IS FACING AN UNPRECEDENTED ERA OF CHANGE AS NEW GENERATIONS RETHINK THE WAY THEY SAY GOODBYE
When it comes to today's crowded and at times completely full cemeteries, expect to pay handsomely for prime real estate. The going rate for a single crypt in the mausoleum in the St Anthony's gallery in the 400-acre Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne is A$29,840. At Brisbane's historic Nudgee cemetery an above-ground vault costs an average of $11,000. At Sydney's coveted Waverley Cemetery overlooking the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean, a standard plot for ...
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