The Narre Warren & District Family History Group present  – Indomitable Women – Pakenham Cemetery Tour.
It has been ten years since they remembered twenty-five women who shaped the local community of Pakenham. Join them on a tour of the Pakenham Cemetery as they retell the stories of these women, who came from all walks of life. Among the graves to be visited are those of Shire Secretary, Beatrice Thomas; Margaret Gordon, who died when her cart capsized; six publicans; Polly Smith, who died aged 107 in 1989; Susannah Thompson, who died in childbirth after being administered too much opium; Alison and Kerry Medwin, who lost their lives in the Ash Wednesday Bushfires at Upper Beaconsfield in 1983; and indigenous woman Lucy Pepper, who was denied her wish to be buried near her father at Lake Tyers, Gippsland.

When: Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 10.00 am. Where: Pakenham Cemetery, Corner of Cemetery Road and Thewlis Road Pakenham.
Cost: $10, Children free. Bookings Required: cemetery.tours@nwfhg.org.au  OR Jane  – 0412 084 671