This is a compilation of all the posters.

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 1

Locating Bukit Brown in official maps of Singapore, but first a poem by Khoo Seok Wan...

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 2

How the highway proposal will affect Bukit Brown (which is actually more than one cemetery!)

1862 - The name of "Mr Brown" first appears on official survey maps of Singapore

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 3

1898 - The name "Bukit Brown" appears, but this was before the cemetery was set up...

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 5

1924 - the first detailed map showing Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery, established in 1922

1961 - the name "Bukit Brown" finally settles at the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery site

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 6

1974 - First map after the closure of Bukit Brown Cemetery...what about later maps?

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 7

Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery was also known as "Er Guan Zhong" or "'Two pass' cemetery"...

The Historical Development of Bukit Brown and Surrounding Areas from Maps - 8

There may be missing WWII soldiers within Bukit Brown and Seh Ong cemeteries!

Two of the many important websites on Bukit Brown: one in English, and one in Chinese

There are various maps available online to document and share information in visual form

There are two important blogs online which are rich sources of information

There are many guided walks taking place in Bukit Brown led by various people

The origins of the loose group of volunteer guides commonly known as "Brownies"

The Qing Ming or "tombsweeping festival" period is when the hills literally come alive!

Just as homes get renovated, tombs need refurbishment from time to time...

Tombs and tombstones have their own codes. Decipher them, and what you are looking comes alive with information… if not, they are just stones with funny squiggles on them…

Layout of tombs in Bukit Brown

The various parts of a tomb

The various types of tombs

Reading a Hokkien Tomb

Reading a Teochew tomb

Peranakan Tombs

Tombs and their guardian animals

Tomb Embellishments Felicitous Motifs

Tombs Guardians

Tomb embellishments - The Four Appointments

Tomb embellishments - The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Tomb embellishments - The Four Loves

Tomb construction materials

Tomb constructions materials - bricks

There is burial, and then exhumation

The tombs in Bukit Brown tell of the many who left their mark in Singapore society, either through their personal efforts, or through the various societies, schools and other institutions they were involved with.

The many stories told by tombs...from the famous to the not so famous...

Khung Nguan Chew & Pang Cheow Yee

Gan Eng Seng

Kum Cheng Soo

Tan Boo Liat

Khoo Siok Wan

Lim Keng Chiew

Tan Lian Chye a.k.a Tan Chor Nam

See Teong Wah

Tay Koh Yat

Leow Chia Heng

The Chui Huay Lim Club & Lee Kim Soo

Seah Eu Chin and his plantation

Seah Eu Chin

Seah Eu China and his family

Ngee Ann Kongsi & Wak Hai Cheng Beo

Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan & Lee Kim Seng

Lim Chong Pang

Boey Chuan Poh

The Schools...

Thong Chai Medical Institution

Republican Party

Tong Meng Hui

Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Chinese Banks

Bukit Brown is not just about stones and bones: it is a place teeming with life – flora and fauna abound.

With all that history and heritage it contains and with all the flora and fauna it holds, surely Bukit Brown deserves to be recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

A 4-star site for Heritage Conservation

Nature in Bukit Brown

Fig trees in Bukit Brown

Bird life in Bukit Brown

New discoveries in Bukit Brown

Bukit Brown - a UNESCO World Heritage site?