Stories from Penguin’s heritage cemetery App tour- Voices in the wind

Opened in 1869 and decommissioned in 1977, the lookout cemetery houses 1847+ burials. People who helped to shape Penguin into what it is today. Their voices in the wind.

Our 2022 self-guided audio App shares the stories of 21 of its burials as told by locals.

Many of the stories are over a century old. Violet Yeo’s drowning. Baby Dunham drowning in the copper. An accidental shooting. Felling a tree. Death of a jockey on his last ride. Unloading a lorry.

Sheep stealing convicts and many more.