It has been a big, big year for the Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery. I'm reluctant to say the biggest ever, because back during 2005-10 the group was made up of just three women who tidied, photographed and recorded every single grave in the cemetery, and then successfully lobbied to get removed headstones returned, all of which amounts to one of the Labours of Hercules.
The last few years have been very quiet on the cemetery front, but back in May we incorporated the group and commenced a new range of night tours, once a month. They got bigger and bigger, and we ended up with six in six weeks, all sold out.
Mixed in with all this were a few other events, including our 'Midwinter Family Day' in June, 'Tombstone Folk' in September, and 'Graveyard Explorer' in October.
Here are a few images from this year. So many good memories for us. Thanks to everybody who visited the cemetery with us this past year - we hope to see you again in 2018!
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| 'Midwinter Family Day', South Brisbane Cemetery, 18 June 2017. (FOSBC) |
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| 'A Cemetery by Torchlight' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 28 July 2017. (FOSBC) |
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| 'Gruesome Graveyards' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 25 August 2017. (FOSBC) |
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| 'Tombstone Blues', South Brisbane Cemetery, 22 September 2017. (M. Wilson) |
![]() | | 'Tombstone Blues', South Brisbane Cemetery, 22 September 2017. (FOSBC) |
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![]() | | 'Hangman's Walk' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 13 October 2017. (FOSBC) |
![]() | 'Gruesome Graveyards' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 27 October 2017. (FOSBC)
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![]() | | 'Graveyard Explorer', South Brisbane Cemetery, 29 October 2017. (FOSBC) |
![]() | | Private group tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 10 November 2017. (FOSBC) |
![]() | | 'Hangman's Walk' tour, Toowong Cemetery, 12 November 2017. (FOSBC) |
![]() | | 'Ghosts of South Brisbane Cemetery' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 24 November 2017. |
![]() | | 'Ghosts of South Brisbane Cemetery' tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 1 December 2017. (FOSBC) |
![]() | | Private group tour, South Brisbane Cemetery, 15 December 2017. (FOSBC) |
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