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Father of eight crushed by falling log
When George Edward Tonkin left for work 6th September, 1916 he would have no idea it would be his last day on earth. George worked at Wellington Mills, in the south-west of Western Australia as a 'hookman'. He was responsible for hooking the logs up to then be hauled away. He was very involved in the timber industry having lived at Augusta and was connected to the Karridale Mill nearby. He was a well respected resident of the area. George was born in Fremantle in 1875 to Edwa
Samantha Elley
Nov 112 min read


No justice in Gwen's cold case murder
No one has ever been charged with the murder of Gwen Beeson.
Samantha Elley
Oct 294 min read


Youngest soldier in the trenches
When Daniel Barker McMeechan came into the world in Blantyre, Scotland, 1898, he was the fifth child for William Andrew and first for...
Samantha Elley
Oct 73 min read


'You (are) unfit to mix with ordinary people'
Saintly or evil, everyone has a story to tell and this is a sad one. When George Henry Biggs lost his wife, Ethel Martha (nee Mills) in...
Samantha Elley
Sep 162 min read
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