Working In The Industry
A Night At The Museum
Just as Ben Stiller described his experience in the 2006 film Night at the Museum as "freakin’ awesome", so too was the official opening of the Tobin Brothers Funerals Museum on Thursday 9th Octobe...
Friday, October 17, 2014
The Tobin Brothers Funerals Team
We receive consistent feedback from our clients that our staff are professional, caring and empathetic. We’re often asked where we find these wonderful people and told to “hang onto” them.
“Wonder...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Making a Difference
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
(Winston Churchill)
During the past two years through our work at Tobin Brothers – Creative Communication, my colleague, Matt...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Notes on my Nan
We all knew the time was nearing. One Saturday morning I was summonsed to visit my grandmother whom I called Nan. I had had a similar call on numerous occasions over the past three years but when I...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
What is “Normal”?
When planning funerals over the years, I have observed that a lot of people ask me some variation of pretty much the same question, which is:
“I have no idea…What’s normal? What do most people do?...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Confessions of a Funeral Director
So…I am a Funeral Director…
The introduction that immediately starts or ends a conversation.
I have been reflecting in recent times about my role and my job title, and recall being asked by the p...
Friday, June 27, 2014
In Lieu of Flowers
In recent times, Australians have been accused of being considerably less altruistic than Americans when it comes to their support of charities. But within the funeral industry at least, there’s ev...
Friday, April 18, 2014
Previous Posts
It’s your funeral, an investigation of death care in the Funeral Industry in Australia Comment
As Managing Director of Tobin Brothers I’d like to make the following comments on a recently released paper “It’s your funeral, an investigation of death care in the Funeral Industry...
From Daily Mass To The City Of Churches
The name Basil Gary Amott is as synonymous with dignity, service and care as Tobin Brothers Funerals is with excellence in funeral service.
During his 42 year career, Gary served the needs of more...
How Would You Like To Be Celebrated?
In recent months Tobin Brothers Funerals, with the assistance of Creative Director Robin Geradts-Gill from RGG Creative, produced four new TV ads that posed the question ‘How would you like to be c...
A Fundraiser to Remember…
The 2015 Tobin Brothers Foundation Dinner certainly did put the FUN in fundraiser. Billed as ‘The Greatest Night on Earth’, Friday 7th August saw the Tobin Brothers Foundation celebrate a carnival ...
Unlimited Tenure
The era in which fathers told their sons to go out and get a good secure job for life is well and truly over. Today, the average Australian worker rarely stays with one employer for more than three...
It’s Not Easy Being Green…Or Perhaps It Is
With the environment moving to the front of society’s conscience, many people are now planning their funerals with future generations in mind and looking for more environmentally friendly options.
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Embalmers’ Conference
Senior Tobin Brothers Funerals Embalmer Jennifer Burge recently attended the annual AIE (Australian Institute of Embalming) Conference, in Adelaide.
Jennifer tells us that in attendance were embal...