Brisbane Cemetery The Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery (or FOSBC) is a not-for-profit community group dedicated to researching and protecting the South Brisbane Cemetery. The group was formed in 2005 by three local women who were concerned about the neglected state of the cemetery. During the following years they completed an enormous amount of work, tidying and recording every grave to create their own database of records. They also successfully lobbied the Brisbane City Council to return many old and discarded headstones that were exposed during construction of the neighbouring Eleanor Schonell Bridge. The FOSBC became an incorporated association in May 2017. The members conduct research on the graves and people in the cemetery, and have helped hundreds of people to locate relatives interred in the cemetery. The FOSBC also organise the popular 'Guardian Angels' community cleaning bees in the cemetery, which have attracted hundreds of participants. They also run a wide range of not-for-profit tours which fund cemetery history and maintenance projects. Notable burials Ernest Austin, last person to be hanged by the State of Queensland Eleanor Bourne, the first Queensland woman to study medicine Henry Challinor (1814–1882), physician and politician in the Colony of Queensland Digby Denham, politician and Premier of Queensland Archibald Meston, Australian politician and explorer Harold Parker, sculptor Ron Tullipan, novelist Harry Turley, politician and President of the Australian Senate Janet Walker, costumier and dress making bust inventor References Attribution External links Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search, includes the burial register for South Brisbane cemetery Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery Cemeteries in Brisbane Geography of Brisbane History of Brisbane Tourist attractions in Brisbane Dutton Park, Queensland Queensland Heritage Register Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register