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DTSTART:20260612T093000Z
DTEND:20260612T114500Z
DTSTAMP:20260519T150241Z
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LOCATION:South Brisbane Cemetery, 185 Annerley Road, Dutton Park
SUMMARY:Pioneer women of South Brisbane Cemetery
CATEGORIES:Tours
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
DESCRIPTION:<p dir="ltr">Long before skyscrapers and city streets, women helped carve Queensland from the wild ground up — and their stories still echo among the headstones.</p><p dir="ltr">The&nbsp;<i><em>Pioneer Women of South Brisbane Cemetery</em></i>&nbsp;is a stirring night-time journey through South Brisbane Cemetery (SBC), where you’ll uncover the remarkable stories of the women who helped shape the colony’s earliest days with grit, heart, and sheer determination.</p><p dir="ltr">Seen as the perfect companion to our&nbsp;<i><em>Women of South Brisbane Cemetery</em></i>&nbsp;tour, this experience steps even further back in time — shining a light on the lives of female pioneers whose contributions helped forge the foundations of Queensland society.&nbsp;Drawn directly from historical records, these stories honour the women who faced isolation, hardship, and untamed frontiers — and still left their mark on history.</p><p dir="ltr">Expect to meet:</p><ul><li value="1" dir="ltr">SBC’s oldest stone, a convict ship, &amp; a long-forgotten journey from Sydney’s penal settlement</li><li value="2" dir="ltr">Queensland’s first female courier on horseback, leaving history in her wake…&amp; dust!</li><li value="3" dir="ltr">Bush, bark huts and bare hands: Pioneering the Port Curtis region</li><li value="4" dir="ltr">Zion Hill’s first daughter, in a shadow of Moreton Bay’s convict colony</li><li value="5" dir="ltr">The 106-year-old Irish Máthair-Mhór rover – who dubbed Brisbane a ‘dirty old hole for women’</li></ul>Guided by knowledgeable local historians, including award-winning cemetery researcher Tracey Olivieri, this moving evening walk is a respectful, insightful, and often surprising way to explore South Brisbane Cemetery by torchlight beneath the stars.<p dir="ltr">Come walk with the past — and meet the women who helped build a Brisbane and Queensland’s future.</p><p dir="ltr">All of our tours are&nbsp;<u>not-for-profit</u>, with all money raised going to our cemetery history and maintenance projects.</p>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p dir="ltr">Long before skyscrapers and city streets, women helped carve Queensland from the wild ground up — and their stories still echo among the headstones.</p><p dir="ltr">The&nbsp;<i><em>Pioneer Women of South Brisbane Cemetery</em></i>&nbsp;is a stirring night-time journey through South Brisbane Cemetery (SBC), where you’ll uncover the remarkable stories of the women who helped shape the colony’s earliest days with grit, heart, and sheer determination.</p><p dir="ltr">Seen as the perfect companion to our&nbsp;<i><em>Women of South Brisbane Cemetery</em></i>&nbsp;tour, this experience steps even further back in time — shining a light on the lives of female pioneers whose contributions helped forge the foundations of Queensland society.&nbsp;Drawn directly from historical records, these stories honour the women who faced isolation, hardship, and untamed frontiers — and still left their mark on history.</p><p dir="ltr">Expect to meet:</p><ul><li value="1" dir="ltr">SBC’s oldest stone, a convict ship, &amp; a long-forgotten journey from Sydney’s penal settlement</li><li value="2" dir="ltr">Queensland’s first female courier on horseback, leaving history in her wake…&amp; dust!</li><li value="3" dir="ltr">Bush, bark huts and bare hands: Pioneering the Port Curtis region</li><li value="4" dir="ltr">Zion Hill’s first daughter, in a shadow of Moreton Bay’s convict colony</li><li value="5" dir="ltr">The 106-year-old Irish Máthair-Mhór rover – who dubbed Brisbane a ‘dirty old hole for women’</li></ul>Guided by knowledgeable local historians, including award-winning cemetery researcher Tracey Olivieri, this moving evening walk is a respectful, insightful, and often surprising way to explore South Brisbane Cemetery by torchlight beneath the stars.<p dir="ltr">Come walk with the past — and meet the women who helped build a Brisbane and Queensland’s future.</p><p dir="ltr">All of our tours are&nbsp;<u>not-for-profit</u>, with all money raised going to our cemetery history and maintenance projects.</p>
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