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                                                         NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
                                                                                                                            

For future meetings and events, if you wish to be on our mailing list please send your name to our secretary    info @ fobkc.org     (delete the blank spaces either side of @ )

We are now on Twitter
http://twitter.com/Kewcemetery  

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September 2010     Self Guided tours of the Cemetery are now available.

We have released 3 editions of our self-guided tours. "Best of the Best, Untimely Ends and  Artists" which are available from the Cemetery Office (Mon-Fri) for a gold coin donation. If you have missed one of our tours, with these guide you can find the key monuments and memorials in your own time.

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>> September 26    SPORTS CRAZY
What:
    Hear about some of the sports crazy people who have memorials in the
Cemetery.
Date:   Sunday 26th September 2010
Time:  2pm Meet at the Cemetery Clocktower
Location:   Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Cnr Parkhill Road and High Street, Kew. Melways Ref:  45F5
Bookings essential: T.Warms 9817 3717
Cost: $15, Seniors/Concession $10; FOBKC Members $8
Proceeds go towards the preservation and conservation of the Cemetery projects.

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>> September 22   AGM 7.30pm - guest speaker Dr Catherine Kovesi
What:   Catherine will speak on the Good Shepherd Sisters of Abbotsford, many of whom are buried in the cemetery. How they got there, about their order and how many 'inmates' they helped over the years. If we're lucky, a few anecdotes or personal stories about a couple of the nuns.
Dr Catherine Kovesi - Senior Lecturer in History at the School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne.

Date:   September 22nd, 2010
Time:  7.30pm 
Location: NEW LOCATION - LePine Funeral Services, 741 High Street, Kew East
(corner Oswin Ave), plenty of free parking onsite
Cost:  Free    Light refreshments will be served at the conclusion

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>> October 8       Seniors Tour (Friday) 10am
this tour in development, further details to be advised

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>> October 24      Entertainers & Entrepreneurs 2pm
this tour in development, further details to be advised

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>> November 12     Doctors, Death & Disease - Twilight Tour 7.15 for 7.30pm
this tour in development, further details to be advised

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>> December 5      Members Only Christmas Function (Sunday)



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                                  Friends of Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery Inc.
                                      Reg. #A0049045R     ABN 24382848139

 
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