Programme

Stories in Stone 2025 - Programme Outline*

(Full details for each presentation are in the title links.)

Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 am

Welcome: 9:00 - 9:15 am - Cllr Vicki Howard

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Session 1: Heritage Care and Headstones (9:15 - 10:35 am)

• Kalila Matthews
  ‘Bringing Community to Life Among the Graves: Social Media Engagement, Community, and Cemetery Care’

• Lisa Herbert
  a) ‘A case study: the benefits of students taking part in cemetery and grave cleanups’
  b) 'The Headstone Healing Project: Repairing the vandalism - a case study'

Tea break - 20 minutes

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Session 2: Cemeteries in History (10:55 am - 12:30 pm)

• Kelly Burstow 
  ‘South Brisbane Cemetery: Uncovering the Layers of Cemetery History’

• Kay Duke 
  ‘Unique Information from Cemetery Research’

• Lisa Herbert
  ‘The search for the missing Wolston Park patients: what happened to the cemeteries and remains?’

Lunch break - 45 minutes

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Session 3: Art and Interpretation in Cemeteries (1:15 - 2:15 pm)

• Rebecca Lush
  ‘Cemeteries Reimagined: Interpreting Cemeteries as Heritage Places’

• Leah Cotterell and Narelle McCoy
  ‘Stardust, Wish Me Luck, and other stories: Live performance in cemeteries’

Tea break - 20 minutes

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Session 4: Managing our Cemeteries: Past, Present and Future (2:35 - 4:00 pm)

• Jenny Clark
  ‘Why Does the Brisbane City Council Have so Many Cemeteries?’

• Ben Kelly
  ‘The Next 100 Years’

* Conference programme may be subject to change.