The Yarra Plenty Regional Library presented talks at the Mill Park Library, 394 Plenty Road Mill Park (Melway Map 10 C2) on Whittlesea’s Cemeteries, followed at 1pm by a bus tour of the Yan Yean Cemetery on Saturday 31 October, 10.00am-4.30pm.

The talks from 10.00-11.30am included:
1. The history of local cemeteries including the Thomastown Lutheran Cemetery by David Weatherill, a Victorian cemeteries historian and
2. Stories relating to early pioneers and workers who constructed the Yan Yean reservoir, by local historian Lindsay Mann.