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 #100

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Man dies after falling from hot-air balloon in Melbourne’s north’ - The Guardian

The Amazing and True Story Of Hachiko The Dog

‘Let's Talk, Irish Funeral Culture!’ - Taboo Education

World Federation of Right to Die Societies International Conference Ireland. 20 & 21 Sep 2024. Abstracts due: 15 April - Info HERE

Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Victoria – Catholic perspective (Vic)

AHFA - Building Grief Literacy: Theory, Practice & Partnerships. Online talk, Wed 10 April, 6-7.30pm AEST - Details HERE

NDAN - Death Care for LGBTQIA+ people. Online talk with Ezra Salter, Sat 13 April 2024, 9-11am AEST - Details HERE

TRACKS: Heaven – Rolling Stones / Sycamore – Bill Callahan

DEAD AIR #90

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. Located at 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Understanding Funeral Culture in the Romany Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities’. Taboo Education YouTube Channel.

Books: ‘Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History’ Mandy Sayer. - ‘Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: A Contemporary Analysis’ Declan Henry

‘Burial Beads: A South Korean Tradition’ The Living Urn

Online: ‘Last Christmas: The Story of Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Christmas Past with Eric Huang’ Morbid Anatomy Museum.

Book: ‘The Little Book of Humanist Funerals. Remembering and celebrating a life’ by Andrew Copson & Alice Roberts.

Call for proposals for Special Issue: ‘Relational Approaches to Conceptualising, Measuring and Enacting Wellbeing and Care in Palliative and End of Life Contexts.’ Abstracts due: 13 Feb 2024

Online Talk: ‘Memorialising Gendered Violence in Public Space’ Margaret Gibson, Griffith University, 20 Feb 2024, 11 am- 12 pm. REGISTER HERE

CDAS subscribe to their newsletter email: cdas@bath.ac.uk

Free download: The Student Grief Zine

Australian Home Funeral Alliance blog. Submit your written work, email: hello@ahfa.org.au

Video: ‘Death exciting & new!’ John Troyer & Caitlin Doughty in conversation.

Exhibition: ‘Barriletes de Nuestro Futuro (Kites from Our Future)’ by artist Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, at Incinerator Gallery. 1 Dec 2023 - 21 Jan 2024. Kite-making workshop, Thur 18 Jan 11 am-2 pm.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday. This Sun 24 Dec, 12 pm. Flying white kites at Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Egyptian Kings – Brainticket / Strawberry – Moses Gunn Collective