Shadows from the Past

Dramatised Cemetery Walks

The dramatised evening walks of the McLeod St Pioneer Cemetery will be filling the cemetery with haunting sounds and sights again.

Cairns Family History, together with Cairns Regional Council, had pleasure in presenting productions of Shadows from the Past. Each production was guided by a “resident” of the cemetery who introduced some of the other pioneers buried there.

The voices of the pioneers told us fascinating fragments from the past and the stories of their personal lives taking the audience back in time to the early 1900s – when the town and district were being forged by tough people in harsh times, yet they all had dreams and aspirations as we do today.

Shadows from the Past 2021

Cost: Adults $20 / Concession & Children (5-15yrs) $14.80

Times/Dates: 6:30pm: 23rd, 24th, 30th & 31st July

                         8:30pm: 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st July

Venue: McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery

Bookings: 1300 855 835 or www.ticketlink.com

Tickets on Sale: 1st June 2021

These walks are very popular and in previous years have booked out quickly.  Make sure you keep informed of details of our future Shadows from the Past dramatised cemetery walks:

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More on our cemeteries & dramatised walks:

  • “Past Proves Popular” – The Cairns Sun, 23 July 2014
  • “Shadows of the Past” – Arts Queensland website, 25 March 2015
  • “Cemetery Exposes City’s Past” – our blog, 4 February 2015
  • “Cemetery Curriculum for Cairns’ Kids” – our blog, 24 November 2014
  • ABC Radio FNQ interview with Cynthia Edwards & Dell Deed – 8 Feb 2017
  • Shadows of the Past 2017 – A night walk through an historical pioneer cemetery: Interview with Dell Deed & Cynthia Edward – YouTu
A scene from Shadows from the Past 2016