The cemetery is a special place to residents of Corop and the surrounding district.
It offers a history of the region and contains an extensive range of native plants and grasses as well as European flowers and bulbs, as it was the practice for families to plant these around gravesites in times past.
In 1903, the cemetery records were lost in a house fire. They were then recorded from memory, and most records of the cemetery are available today.
Over the years, Corop Cemetery was managed by cemetery trusts elected under Victorian Government legislation.
After a long period of Shire of Waranga and then Campaspe Shire Council control, in 2000 Campaspe Shire Council encouraged the re-formation of Corop Cemetery Trust.
Corop is a ‘Class B’ cemetery and the trust members are appointed by the cemeteries and crematoria section of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.
During the period under local government control, district volunteers held working bees to keep the cemetery in a tidy state.
When Corop Cemetery Trust was re-formed, a management policy was drawn up stating Corop would always remain a ‘bush’ cemetery and never become a manicured cemetery.
A list of indigenous plants identified in the cemetery was drawn up.
The cemetery site is on a stone rise, which over the years has led to disordered rows, as the gravediggers found the stone difficult digging and moved off the designated plot.
There is an annual increase in all cemeteries’ fees in line with the Consumer Price Index.
Corop Cemetery Trust has recently undergone a review of its fees, and when comparing like with like, it considers Corop Cemetery to be the most economical cemetery in use in the wider area.
All inquiries in relation to Corop Cemetery may be made to trust secretary and treasurer Denise Acocks by phoning 0409 505 986.
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