MURDERS AND MYSTERIES
THURSDAY 30TH APRIL 2026 and SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2026
$10 PP. EFTPOS available. Accompanied school children 16 and under free.
Meet at the Alpine Visitor Information Centre,119 Gavan St, Bright, (next to Sun Cinema) at 6.00pm for a walking tour of the CBD with a local historian who will tell stories of Bright’s darker history. Duration approximately 1 hour. Rain will cancel the tour.
BUCKLAND CEMETERY TOUR
SUNDAY MAY 3RD 2026
TOUR OF THE BUCKLAND CEMETERY
Many years before the township of Bright was established, the Buckland had a population of over 5000, four schools, many hotels, stores, churches, police camp and courthouse. It was a harsh place for the early gold seekers. Hear the story of their fight for survival and the events of the infamous Buckland riots. Thousands died on this rugged goldfield in the early days of settlement and what caused their fate.
TOUR BEGINS AT 10AM
Duration approximately 1.5 – 2 hrs
Cost – $10 per person. Children under 16yrs of age accompanied by a paying adult are free.
Meet at the Bright Railway Museum on Railway Ave, Bright at 9.30am to pay and collect your information sheet and map, then drive to the Buckland Cemetery, approximately 15ks from the Porepunkah roundabout along the Buckland Valley Rd which all sealed for an informative walk around the cemetery with a local historian who will describe the mad rush for gold, the sickness that claimed the life of thousands of early gold seekers and the tragic loss of young lives and the infamous Buckland Riots of 1857. Rain will cancel the tour.
Here are a couple of photos from past events
Diann Talbot speaks to a group of interested people on the history of the Buckland Cemetery
A group dressed up for the occasion – The Murder and Mysteries Tour