John Bowden Fewings (ca.1830—20 May 1910) memoirs Arcadian Simplicity, written in 1892, described life in Toowong from the 1860s. John and his family lived at Karslake, on Sherwood Road, Toowong. The property backed on to Toowong Creek.

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James Swan, aged 20, died on 24 March 1868 at Alice Cottage, Alice-street, Brisbane. He was a compositor in the Government Printing Office and a member of the Volunteer Band. Members of the Volunteer Rifle Companies and Band, as a mark of respect, decided to give James a military funeral…

Congratulations to the Australian Remembrance Army for securing a grant from the Australian Government to mark 120 unmarked graves of World War 1 soldiers in Toowong Cemetery. An outstanding achievement by Katrina Trevethan and Cate Walker. Lest We Forget 🌺 www.dva.gov.au/news/latest-...

Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange. Magdalene died on 22 July 1922. Her headstone was demolished in the 1970's.

The Honourable Charles Stuart Mein was a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court. He died on the 30th June 1890, aged 49. His headstone was demolished in the 1970's as part of the Brisbane City Council's "Beautification Scheme".

Where did my family's grave go? The Brisbane City Council demolished over 1000 graves in Toowong Cemetery in the 1970's. We've published data about 725 demolished graves in a searchable table. See a photo of the grave before it was demolished. 📸 www.fotc.au/headstones/d...

Just finished A Tomb with a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards by @peteralanross.bsky.social which I received as a Christmas present. It's a fantastic read. Highly recommended. 💜 Next I'll be Steeple Chasing Around Britain by Church.

🙏🏼 Thank you to everyone who came along to the Friends of Toowong Cemetery guided tour today and throughout 2025. That was our last tour for 2025. Our next tour is on Sunday 1 February 2026. Hope to see you there. www.fotc.au/guided-tours/

Come along to our FREE Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour, tomorrow, Sunday, 7 December 2025, 10:30am—12:00. The tour is titled, "Christmas Shopping in 1877". 🌲🎁🎅🏼 Meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place. Driving here? Use the Richer St entrance. www.fotc.au/guided-tours/

Come along to our FREE Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour, next Sunday, 7 December 2025, 10:30am—12:00. The tour is titled, "Christmas Shopping in 1877". 🌲🎁🎅🏼 Meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place. Driving here? Use the Richer St entrance. www.fotc.au/guided-tours/

Just came across the National Funeral Museum in Beckton, London. It's now on my list of potential places to visit as part of a UK trip in 2026. Any other suggestions? I'll be mainly in the south of England and Wales.

William Henry Browne was born 13 September 1846 in Pimlico, London. He was a Royal Navy seaman in 1857 before joining the merchant marines. Browne moved to New South Wales in 1866, where he worked as a goldminer. He was the president and secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Croydon.

In July 1871 Thomas Kingsmill McCullough was promoted to line repairer in charge at Creen Creek Telegraph Station(~100km from Normanton and Gilbert River). The January rain started and running low on supplies, and to wet to ride horses, Thomas and offsider Green walked for 3 days to Gilbert River.

There'll be a lot less posts from Friends of Toowong Cemetery for a while as our focus turns to porting our website to a new solution. You can always get your fix at www.fotc.au Apologies in advance if something breaks. 🤞

Did you enjoy #31DaysOfGraves? Don't know what to do now? Check out the #31DaysOfGraves Starter Pack. It's loaded with lots of people that took part in 31 Days Of Graves. bsky.app/starter-pack... You might find some new like-minded people to follow. 🪦 📸 💜 Thanks @orsa-marga.bsky.social

Can you help identify this symbol on a headstone in Toowong Cemetery? Rev. T. Norman Deller was born in Toowoomba on 2 July 1895. He served Methodist churches in Toowoomba, Brisbane, Kilcoy and Fiji. Read about Norm and Mabel's time as Missionaries in Fiji: journeyonline.com.au/magazine/mis...

FREE Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour, TODAY, Sunday, 2 November 2025, 10:30am—12:00. This month's walk is all about Soldiers laid to rest in November. Meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place. Driving here? Use the Richer St entrance. buff.ly/3POl0Jq

Come along to our FREE Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour, tomorrow, Sunday, 2 November 2025, 10:30am—12:00. This month's walk is all about Soldiers laid to rest in November. Meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place. Driving here? Use the Richer St entrance. buff.ly/3POl0Jq

Thank you @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising #31DaysOfGraves and to everyone else that played along. It was lots of fun. 🪦 📷 🥳 💜 Friends of Toowong Cemetery

#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 - Memento Mori Memento Mori is sometimes represented by wilting flowers to signify the impermanence of life. Ann Hill was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 6, Section 21, Grave 9.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 - Colour The Clutterbuck family is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 7A, Section 116, Grave 30. Yellow lichen has made their headstone a standout in the cemetery.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 - Occupation William Sowray was the Superintendent of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Brigade and worked as a Blacksmith in the Queensland Railways. The tools of his occupations are shown on his headstone - a fire helmet on top, hose nozzle, axes, and blacksmith tools below.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 - Column Stephen Alonzo Spragg (1879—1904) played in Australia's first full international Rugby Union team against Great Britain in Sydney in 1899. A versatile sportsman, a football, rowing oars, and cricket bat are carved on his broken column memorial. A life cut short.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 - Tree A hollow terracotta headstone in the form of a tree stump with two scrolls "nailed" to it. The scrolls commemorate Elizabeth Halliday and Annie Birkbeck. Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 9, Section 16, Grave 8.

Come along to our FREE Toowong Cemetery Guided Tour, next Sunday, 2 November 2025, 10:30am—12:00. Meet under the flagpole in Canon Garland Place. Driving here? Use the Richer St entrance. buff.ly/3POl0Jq

#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 - Figure In 1909, Edinburgh‑born Edward McGregor built the Lyceum Theatre in George Street, Brisbane, which he ran until his death in 1939. Edward loved music and was patron of the Brisbane Municipal and Excelsior bands and vice‑patron of the Scottish and Curlew choirs. 🎶

#31DaysOfGraves Day 25 - Graveside Ornament Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 24 - Unique Animal The headstone of John Nemethy, tiled with the Hungarian coat of arms and a Turul (a mythical eagle-like creature) on top. John Nemethy is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Portion 22, Section 42, Grave 22.

About this bronze and the second of its kind

#31DaysOfGraves Day 23 - Cross Tom Jones #NotThatOne is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 6, Section 6, Grave 8&9.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 22 - Landscape A stylised Brisbane landscape on the Freeleagus family grave in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 18, Section 187, Grave 21. Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/chr...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 21 - Bronze A Bronze Green Man on the headstone of John Joseph Thompson. Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 12, Grave 48.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 20 - Wreath A wreath on a memorial shaped like the Eiffel Tower (memories of a trip to Paris?) Rose Jane Leahy is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 27, Section 14, Grave 22.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 19 - Social Group William Thomas Birkbeck was a Past Provincial Corresponding Member in the Manchester Unity Independent Order Of Oddfellows, M.U.I.O.O.F. provided mutual aid, social support, and financial assistance to its members through a fraternal lodge system…

#31DaysOfGraves Day 18 - Mistake Bezalel Saul Mendelsohn's nickname was "Sali". His sons had his name inscribed as "Sali Mendelsohn Bezalel Saul" Sali's wife preferred his nickname so had his given names neatly chiselled off the headstone. Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/bez...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 17 - Relocated Annie Piddington and her son Hugh's remains and headstone were relocated from the Weslyan Methodist and Congregational burial grounds in Paddington to Toowong Cemetery, Portion 6, Section 23, Grave 18.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 16 - Obelisk The black obelisk memorial of Richard Pike (newsagent) gives off an Egyptian vibe to me. His shop and home were in Edward St, Brisbane. Newsboys gave many floral tributes at the funeral. Richard Pike is buried in Toowong Cemetery - Portion 5, Section 40, Grave 1.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 15 - Damaged Fallen Jockey - Toowong Cemetery

#31DaysOfGraves Day 14 - Inside Inside the heritage-listed Temple of Peace in Toowong Cemetery, Portion 4, Section 38, Grave 14. Dig deeper - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 13 - Skeleton I can't believe I can't find any skeletons in Toowong Cemetery! Toowong Cemetery opened in 1875 so perhaps skeletons on headstones would offend Victorian sensitivities. Here's something I found in Bendigo

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12: Notable woman The final resting place of Emmeline Pankhurst, who died 14th June 1928. Brompton Cemetery, London.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 - Notable Woman Emma Miller was in the vanguard of the formation of women’s unions, the women’s suffrage movement, and the Labor Party. She actively supported strikers during the 1880s, and worked to alleviate the plight of the unemployed. www.fotc.au/research/emm...

Wait I found it! @fotc.au @ohfolkthat.bsky.social This one is an Alexander Smith stone dated 1889, at the old UC Cemetery in Brigus, NL!

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11 - Military Canon David John Garland, the Architect of ANZAC Day, is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 1, Section 50A, Grave 9, overlooking the military graves in Portion 10. Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/dav...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 10 - Urn An urn on top of James Forsyth Thallon's memorial. Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/jam...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 - Hand Oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand and the sound of a voice that is still

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 - Glass Glass used to capture family memories on the grave of Dr. Colin Page, buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 6, Grave 53.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 7 - Angel

#31DaysOfGraves Day 6 - Gender The headstone of Lilian Violet Cooper and Mary Josephine Bedford - Life-long friends, buried together in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Portion 8, Section 69, Grave 13&14. Dig deeper: www.fotc.au/research/lil...