• www.deathonline.net.au-the Australian National Museum site that goes into the many practical aspects of dying in Australia, including funeral options.
• www.funeral-info.com.au-an extensive listing of Australian celebrants, cemeteries, churches, funeral homes etc. in Australia
• www.forpeaceofmind.com.au-a quarterly magazine available at newsagents that address all kinds of issues to do with your passing.

FURTHER READING:

• What to Do When Someone Dies, Stella Tarkason, Choice Books, Australian Consumers Association 2001. I wish I’d written it! This Choice Books publication is a pragmatic guide to the practical arrangements that have to be made after a death.
• Rest Assured: A Legal Guide to Wills, Estates and Funerals, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, Sydney, 1999. A little older publication, but the Redfern Legal Centre provides very practical legal information on preparing legal wills an being an executor etc.
• For Peace of Mind Magazine, PO Box 1042, Chatswood NSW 2057. With only four quarterly publications under its belt, this magazine, available at newsagents is a valuable networking facility for people looking for information, ideas and contacts.
• Prepare-Your-Own Guidelines for the Guardians of your Children, published by National Wise P/L, 2003, available at Australia Post outlets. Practical advice/affordable price.
• How-to-be the Executor of a Deceased Estate, published by National Wise P/L, 2003, available at Australia Post outlets.. Practical advice at an affordable price.
• On the Death of a Partner, Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs
• Relative Concerns – a Resource for People with Older Relatives, Australian Pensioners and Superannuants Federation
• Easy Guide to Your Rights in Australia: Practical Advice for Everyday Situations, Reader’s Digest, Sydney, 1999
  
• Who Can Decide? Legal decision-making for Others, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995
• The Australian Wills and Record Keeping Book: everything you need to know about wills, family assets and record keeping, Investment Library, Melbourne 1990

FREE BOOKLETS

• Guide to Wills & Bequests, Australian Heart Foundation 1300 36 27 87
  
• What to do when someone dies, Centrelink, 2000
  
• Planning Ahead, Preparing for and Coping with Bereavement, Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002
  
• A little forethought, a great deal of benefit, guide to prepaid funerals, funeralplan management 1800 804 731
  
• Personal and Family Profile booklet, funeralplan management 1800 804 731
  
• A Personal Record of Preferred Funeral Arrangements, funeralplan Management 1800 804 731
  
• Public Trustee NSW, you can trust us to help, explains how they can help you write a will. Phone 1300 364 103 or Google 'Public Trustee Austalia'
  
• The Coroner’s Court, NSW Attorney General’s Department, sponsored by the Australian Funeral Directors Association (NSW/ACT Division). Handout provided by your local police to assist people who have to experience their deceased loved one’s post mortem and coronial enquiry.

DO-IT-YOURSELF KITS

• Prepare-Your-Own Guidelines for the Guardians of Your children published by Nation Wise Products P/L PO Box 715, Virginia, Qld – both available at Australia Post
  
• How-To-Be The Executor of a Deceased Estate published by Nation Wise Products P/L PO Box 715, Virginia, Qld – both available at Australia Post
  
• Heather’s Helper for a Deceased Estate – handy little booklet that simplifies advising people that some has died.