It has been ten years since we remembered twenty-five women who shaped the local community of Pakenham.

Join us on a tour of the Pakenham Cemetery as we retell the stories of these women, who came from all walks of life. Among the graves we visit are those of Shire Secretary, Beatrice Thomas; Margaret Gordon, who died when her cart capsized; six publicans; Polly Smith, who died aged 107 in 1989; Susannah Thompson, who died in childbirth after being administered too much opium; Alison and Kerry Medwin, who lost their lives in the Ash Wednesday Bushfires at Upper Beaconsfield in 1983; and indigenous woman Lucy Pepper, who was denied her wish to be buried near her father at Lake Tyers, Gippsland.

We’ll have coffee and tea available at the conclusion of the 90 minute tour. $10 per adult, children free. Bookings are essential: see below.