DEAD AIR #171 / June 4, 2026 by The Departure

Thousands of human remains from desecrated graves in Castlemaine could finally find resting place – ABC News

ABC Listen: Finding Fanny Finch Bill Garner discovers a most extraordinary ancestor: Fanny Finch.

A Parent's Guide to Talking About Death By Amy Firth - Interfaith Minister & Funeral Director, NSW.

Grief House: Moving with Grief. An evening of collective ritual, gentle movement, rest and remembrance. Sun 14 June, 5–7pm, Take Care Studio, Brunswick. Held by Joh Fairley Nyx Funerals & Isy Stoner Somatics BOOK HERE

Online Pet Death Doula Training Program, with Denise Love. Cost: $490, E: ask.deniselove@gmail.com W: www.deniselove.net

GDIN Innovation Fund 2026 Tier 1 (Micro-grant): Up to $750, Tier 2 (Small grant): Up to $5,000. Applicants and network members shape decisions together, collaboratively, transparently, and focused on learning. Closes 8 July, E: contact@gdin.com.au

Castlemaine Safe Space drop in your donation for the community pantry, non-perishable items (food and toiletries/groceries), Sat June 13th, 10am-12pm, and pop in for a cuppa. 74 Mostyn St, Castlemaine.

Death Doula Mini Conference, Sat 14 – Sun 15 Nov, Radius Art, Hepburn Springs, $225 ($50 deposit) E: ask.deniselove@gmail.com

TRACKS: Suspiria (original) – Goblin / Lullaby From Rosemary’s Baby (Part 2) - Krzysztof Komeda / Nosferatu Man - Slint

DEAD AIR #140 !RADIOTHON SPECIAL! / September 4, 2025 by The Departure

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Representing Castlemaine as ‘regional activators’, Hayley West, Nici Wright & Jenny Blake talk about our time in Hobart (27-29 Aug 2025) being trained up in community death care. Hosted generously by Palliative Care Tasmania, the project is funded by the Wicking Trust in partnership with Social Health Australia, the Death Literacy Institute, the Good Death Impact Network and the Australian Home Funeral Alliance. WATCH THIS SPACE!

Chloe Hope – a self-paced course that invites a radical reconsideration of mortality. The Deep End

Fellow MAINfm presenter guests in the studio: Crag Carrick (Someplace, Somewhere) and Stephen McMahon (Down To Earth) with their personal death stories.

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DEAD AIR #121 / February 24, 2025 by The Departure

ARTICLE: ‘Kununurra couple working hard to protect, preserve town's gravesites’ – ABC News

ARTICLE: Venezuelan Migrant’s Body Used for Science: Her Family Had No Idea - mitú

PDF: Tips and resources for early grief – Joh Fairley, Nyx Funerals

YOUTUBE: Where is the body kept? – ‘Are you dying to know?’

PODCAST: Launch of The Trojan Hearse Podcast – Pia Interlandi & Peta Murray. PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – TOMORROW Tues 25 Feb, 6:30pm. The Altar Electric, 299 Johnston Street, Abbotsford.

PODCAST: Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – THIS THURSDAY 27 Feb starring me talking to the great Catherine Ashton 😊

WORKSHOPS: 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. Contact Jill Rivers hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

ONLINE: ‘TikTok + Grief: An Online Symposium on TikTok, Loss and Connection’ - Mon, 10 Mar, 4-7pm AEDT. Book HERE

WORKSHOP EOI: 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 TODAY 24 Feb. There are limited places available.

BOOK: The Digital Departed ‘How We Face Death, Commemorate Life, and Chase Virtual Immortality’ by Timothy Recuber

PAPERS: Responsible Technology for Death and Dying – paper submission deadline: 30 Nov. Contact: Prof. Elvira Perez Vallejos, e: elvira.perez@nottingham.ac.uk

TRACKS: Love is the Drug - Roxy Music / I Don’t Know How to be Your Friend - Redd Kross