Tales from the Grave

What makes a person so crazed that they would want to harm a family member? This is the question that may have been asked by May Kathleen Lees when she came home from work on the evening of 6th December, 1944. As May stepped into the Enfield home she shared with her mother and elderly aunt, after 6pm on that fateful day, she had no idea of the scene that would greet her. When she entered the laundry or washroom, she discovered her mother, Clara Evelyn Lees (nee Shepherd), 63,

Every family experiences its fair share of tragedy and death. For the Seccombe family, however, a triple portion was heaped on their plate when three children left this life before their time. John and Rebecca Seccombe were early pioneers in the Wollongbar district on the Northern Rivers and had established themselves with their nine children. They had taken up the third selection in the area and were very involved in the dairy industry. It was first in 1903 that tragedy stru

It was on the second day in the first event of the annual Richmond River races at Casino.

No one has ever been charged with the murder of Gwen Beeson.

When Daniel Barker McMeechan came into the world in Blantyre, Scotland, 1898, he was the fifth child for William Andrew and first for...

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...

A Glimpse into Fanny's Early Life There is not much information on Fanny Hopkins. However, at a very young age, she was given the...

There are three graves in Rookwood Cemetery and two in Melbourne that all have something in common. The bodies that rest in them are...

Shipwrecked in India to photography in Australia

It wasn't just convicts that were sent to the NSW penal colony.

If you wanted to find one of the oldest European graves in Australia, it would surely belong to Henry Edward Dodd.

Many of us have issues we have to deal with in life, but next time you are struggling, spare a thought for George Henry Tunsted and his fami

To lose one member of the family in an horrific accident is more than most people can bear.

When Graham Smith started writing ‘Red Earth Red Blood’, he was only a youngster in his 70s. Now at 95 years young, the Tuckurimba...

Living past 100 years was a rare feat in days gone by and even rarer for men.

She was blonde and beautiful and at 19 years old, Cathy Wayne had the entertainment world at her feet. Her life, however, would be cut...

Imagine you are at the peak of your career as one of Australia's elite cricketers. So much so, you have been chosen as part of the...

It was the kindness of butcher, Daniel Walsh that stopped some from starving through the Depression.

In the era that Ada Emily Evans was born, it was rare for women to be in the legal profession.

For the amount of acclaim and controversy that Norman Lindsay's life created, his headstone is very simple by comparison. All it says is:...