Tours

The Brighton Cemetorians Inc. aim to run regular walking tours of the Brighton General Cemetery on a range of themes to cater for all interests. Our tours run for approximately 90 mins which includes refreshments and a tour pamphlet. We are also willing to undertake tours for private groups.

Cost of Tours: Non-members: $15, Members: $10. – Cash as we do not have credit card facilities.
Departure Time: Tours Depart at 2pm. – unless indicated.

To make a Booking: 9558 4248 – BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

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Open House Melbourne at the Brighton General Cemetery [cnr North & Hawthorn Rds, Caulfield South] on Saturday July 29^th 2023

Come along on the day for;

• Self Guided Walks anytime from 10am – 3pm
• Organised Walks at 11am & 2pm.
• Do you need help in locating where someone is buried??
• A rare opportunity to view inside the Boardroom and Minister’s Room as part of the Lodge that is not normally opened.
• The Boardroom and Minister’s Room was built in 1929.

Established in 1854 Brighton General  Cemetery is a Victorian garden cemetery of heritage  significance and renowned throughout Australia for the many notable military figures and  artists buried within its grounds and is the resting place of some of Melbourne’s most significant pioneers.

For more information phone Lois on  9558 4248

*AGM 6^th August 2023 – Guest Speaker – Terry Young –   The Forgotten Chinese of Melbourne.

Murrumbeena Bowls Club – 10 Blackwood St, Carnegie. 1.15 for 1.30 start.

Many Melburnians are unaware the Chinese have lived in Australia for over 150 years.

The tracks of those original migrants are invisible or lost in time. This presentation will discuss three different projects that bring these people back into the limelight:

• Chinese Market gardens of Melbourne
• The Victorian Certificates Exempting from Dictation Test (CEDT) Index Project
• Chinese graves in the Melbourne General Cemetery.

Terry Young is a first generation Chinese Australian whose father and grandfather were Chinese market gardeners in Victoria. He is currently Vice President of the Chinese Australian family Historians of Victoria.

*October 15^th Melbourne Grammar School Walk – Highlighting a few of their past pupils and their parents

Flag Commemoration 3^rd November – when another 50 flags will be placed – in all 200 flags.

*Remembrance Day Walk November 5^th As part of the FLAG PROJECT where we will have 50 Australian Flag attached to a pole at the side of Veterans graves to publicly commemorate the role of our Men and Women as part of the Australian war effort from 3^rd November to the 13^th November

On this walk we will visit 8 service persons who have been honoured with a flag.

For all our walks – Cost $15 per person [cash] – Bookings Essential 9558 4248

*December 3^rd – Christmas Lunch to be served  at 12 noon in the Lodge at the Brighton Cemetery. Cost $20 per person.