Smythesdale Cemetery

16/05/2026

We’ve decided to postpone tomorrow’s working bee. Stay warm and dry everyone and hopefully we’ll see you all next time 😊

24/04/2026

20/03/2026

To coincide with Harmony Fest celebrations, Jim Quinn and Dianne McGrath will host another of their excellent and informative free tours of the historic Chinese section of the cemetery on Saturday 21st March from 10.30am-12.00pm.

No bookings are required.

Please meet inside the Norman Street gates around 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Remember to dress for the weather, and ensure you have sturdy footwear, as you will be walking gravel paths and a hillside as part of the tour.

Please note: This tour is not accessible for those with wheelchairs, walkers or prams.

15/03/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped out this morning!!! 😊

27/01/2026

Sadly some solar lights have been taken from the cemetery.
Families are grieving for loved ones and now stolen lights have added to their anguish.
If you know anything about stolen solar lights please contact the local police.
If the lights make their way back to the cemetery within a week no questions will be asked and thanks will be given.
1 of the lights stolen lights up like the photos below. Others which have been reported stolen are smaller lights which poke on the ground.
Please return the lights

08/01/2026

Wings of Hope keepsake urns by Final Touch Australia offer a unique and meaningful way to hold the ashes of a loved one.

Crafted from brass with a smooth, pearlised inlay, these elegant butterfly urns provide an enduring and portable tribute - especially when ashes are to be scattered and no single place for memorialisation has been arranged.

Available in four colours, including the pearl-white shown here, and three sizes - keepsake, medium, and large (medium and keepsake shown here).

View these gorgeous urns - and a range of other urns and memorial jewellery - in our showroom display area at Ballarat New Cemetery during business hours.

06/12/2025

Just a quick reminder our working bee is on today (7th Dec) from 9-11. Come along if you have a spare bit of time 😊

30/11/2025

It’s that time of year again!!! If you have spare time next Sunday the 7th of December, we’d love you to come along and help out at our working bee!! It’s on from 9am until 11am.
Come along and meet the fabulous members of the Trust and have a chat while helping make the cemetery look amazing!!

19/07/2025

Great turnout this morning at a CITO event (working bee) put on by Geocachers. It was a fantastic ‘hour of power’ where a whole heap of weeding, sweeping and cleaning of headstones was done. A huge thank you to everyone who came along.

23/05/2025

If you have time tomorrow morning from 9am we are holding a working bee to do some pruning and general cleaning up. Hope to see you there 😊