This month (March) Boroondara Councillor Brad Miles (Bellevue Ward) was given a personal tour of the Cemetery by FOBKC committee member Tony

Age last Sat, Joseph Reed design Hawthorn mansion for sale. Housing estate @ Eynesbury mansion near Melton for S T Staughton MLA, internees

March 24 Kew Festival evening talk “Long Lost Musicians in the Boroondara Cemetery” special feature playing of a recording by Nellie Stewart

Research - FOBKC are happy to provide digital photos of headstones and grave sites if unmarked. There is no charge for this service

Tomorrow night, 7.30pm talk “Long Lost Musicians in the Boroondara Cemetery” Leo Baeck Centre 33 - 37 Harp Rd, Kew East

FOBC - the last newsletter for 2010 "Summer Edition" ready for download from http://www.ghost999.com/FOBKCNL22.pdf

Committee member Cathie gave a great talk to Kew Probus - does your club/society need a guest speaker? contact [email protected]

April 10 Ellen Quick re-enactment depicting re-enactment - story of the developement of Boroondara Cemetery - limited places www.fobkc.org

Ellen Quick re-enactment depicting re-enactment a fantasatic success, photos can be seen at www.fobkc.org/5201.html

May 1, "NEW TOUR" Pioneers & Street Names tour, we will reveal the stories behind some of the street names in the local area, www.fobkc.org

Pioneers & Street Names tour was a huge success on May 1st, for those who could'nt make it will have to wait until 2011

The FOBKC winter newsletter is now availble on the wbesite to download www.fobkc.org/73301.html lots of good reading

NEW LOCATION for meeting- LePine Funeral Services, 741 High Street, Kew East (corner Oswin Ave), plenty of free parking onsite

1st edition "Best of the Best" guide from Cemetery Office, gold coin donation, using guides, find the key monuments & memorials on your own

ANECDOTES ABOUT THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY, all you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask! by Nick Waters Manager, Le Pine in Kew 26 July 7.30

AGM on Wednesday night was a hit, Dr Dr Catherine Kovesi spoke on the Good Shepherd Sisters of Abbotsford many buried in Cemetery

September 26 SPORTS CRAZY tour, hear about some of the sports crazy people who have memorials in the Cemetery. Bookings T.Warms 9817 3717

FOBKC latest newsletter #21 Spring 2010 download PDF from here http://www.ghost999.com/FOBKCNL21.pdf great reading

Following our AGM we have a new commitee see www.fobkc.org/552.html we have a new president Gail White

2011 will be another milestone at the Boroondara Cemetery with the 110th anniversary of the Springthorpe Memorial, stay tuned for events