DEAD AIR #120

Ancient Egypt’s First Fully Preserved Funeral Home Has Been Discovered In The City Of The Dead – all that is interesting

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? – Ask a Mortician (YouTube)

Bereavement Assistance - bereavementassistance.org.au

Potter’s Filed Funerals (social enterprise) - pottersfieldfunerals.com.au

‘Theatre of the Last Breath’ by Annie Caulfield at Grass Roots Death Care Support the project HERE

ONLINE: 2025 CDAS Conference ‘Death in transition’ 12-13 June 2025

AHFA & Good Death Impact Network workshops: Adelaide 5-6 April & Melbourne 12-13 April 2025. To be considered, submit an EOI: https://shorturl.at/r9w3D closes 24 Feb. Limited places available.

TOMORROW: Community Lunch, Tues 11 Feb, 12.30pm Castlemaine Town Hall. This lunch is dedicated to dear friend and long-serving volunteer, Austin Crocker, who died unexpectedly last week. Time will be set aside to honour and remember Austin’s memory.

TRACKS: Fat Hans Gone Mad - Party Dozen / Dread - Thank

DEAD AIR #119

Professional mourners in Taiwan: BBC article Taiwan's most famous professional mourner Film: The Filial Daughter

Death Deck Blog post: Unforgettable Eulogies

‘It’s gritty and it’s real’: finding a proper resting place for Australia’s unclaimed funeral ashes – The Guardian

Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free. Book HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine, 11am. ALSO: Remembrance Rave, Senior Citizens Centre, Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine. Wednesday 2 April, 6-8pm. More info: Castlemaine Fringe Festival 2025 Volunteer call out for Good Grief Workshops: contact Jill Rivers hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead In It! PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – Tues 25 Feb, 6:30pm. The Altar Electric, 299 Johnston Street, Abbotsford. The Trojan Hearse Podcast – Pia Interlandi & Peta Murray

Corpse Couture PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – Sun 23 Feb, 11am. Studio Take Care, 1 Pitt St, Brunswick. Queer as Death Collective.

Chewton Cemetery GoFundMe - A fundraiser for the recent burglary at Chewton Cemetery. Not everyone realises our class B cemeteries in Victoria are run entirely by volunteers, so losing all this equipment hits extra hard. They are also the only cemetery with a dedicated natural burial area in Mt.Alexander Shire and it is beautiful. Please contribute if you can.

BOOKING NOW OPEN! d’Vine Creations Coffins - regenerative coffin weaving is coming to Victoria. Two-day workshop, facilitated by Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist, 10-11 May, Caulfield South (Melbourne) Book HERE

TRACKS: White Belts - The Make-Up / The Others - Batpiss

DEAD AIR #118

Chewton Cemetery stolen equipment! See their Facebook post - Please contact Castlemaine Police if you see or hear anything. Reward offered.

Deathweavers is a free and private online community for deathworkers. Sign up HERE to join the site. Insta: @deathweavers

‘How to plan a DIY Funeral: Is it even possible?’– Taboo Education YouTube

‘Public Grief, Public Space’, Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Fri 31 Jan, 6:30-8pm AEDT. Book HERE

TerraCon 2025 -‘Embracing the Future of Terramation’ 4&5 Feb, Tacoma WA, USA

The 2nd International Death Literacies Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, 17&18 March 2025.

AHFA presents: ‘Creativity and Funeral Rites; The use of creative art during wakes, funerals & memorials’ with Joh Fairley of Nyx Funerals, Wed 26 March, 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE

LGBTQ+ Legal Planning Online Workshops - W1 ‘Legal Tips and End of Life Decisions’ Tues 4 Feb, 6-7pm. W2 ‘Advance Care Planning’ Tues 11 Feb, 6-7pm. Facebook post Email: Zoe Hinton, zhinton@acon.org.au

NDAN Presents - ‘The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance. The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth century with Dr Dan O’Brien’ Fri 7 Feb, 7-9pm AEDT Book HERE

 TRACKS: A Want a Break Thru – The Hykkers / In the Jungle – The Hygrades / Love and Death – Ebo Taylor