He ran the 700km postal trip in a fortnight
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Samantha Elley
- Aug 6
- 2 min
'Nothing left in this world to mother'
When Emily Mary Elizabeth Delo wrote a letter, giving her permission for her 18-year-old son John 'Jack' Alfred Alston Delo to join the...
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Samantha Elley
- Jun 11
- 2 min
From shipping office to outback squatter
When you have been a big part of the establishment of the cattle industry in a burgeoning outback economy, it seems a cruel fate to be...
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Samantha Elley
- Sep 19, 2023
- 2 min
Languages became extinct when she died
WARNING: This article contains the names and photos of Indigenous people who have since passed.
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Samantha Elley
- Aug 15, 2023
- 2 min
Procession of nurses to honour one of their own
She died while nursing others back to health.
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Samantha Elley
- Jul 18, 2023
- 3 min
He juggled fame and murder
From one of the greatest entertainers to a murderer?
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Samantha Elley
- Jun 20, 2023
- 2 min
Not your normal type of pioneer
A widow and her children decide to run a sheep station in outback Australia
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Samantha Elley
- Mar 20, 2023
- 3 min
Revenge killing leads to massacre
Many lives lost in the early telegraph days
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Samantha Elley
- Mar 13, 2023
- 2 min
Goldfields artist forgotten for three decades
His sketches and lithographs made him famous in his time.
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Samantha Elley
- Jan 16, 2023
- 2 min
His landholdings were bigger than England
Australia's own cow boy was a generous man.
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Samantha Elley
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Ground-breaker in the medical world
She worked hard to reduce the incidences of maternal deaths.
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Samantha Elley
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
Dawson boys lie side by side
Nestled side by side in West Terrace cemetery in South Australia are two graves, one marked and one without a headstone. The marked grave...
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Samantha Elley
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
WW1 Veteran's grave finally commemorated
Despite fighting for his country, his actions were only recently acknowledged.
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Samantha Elley
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Abused by husband, but a winner in court
Constance Crombie bucked the trend when it came to leaving an abusive husband.
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Samantha Elley
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
From Imperialist butterfly to democratic grub
Bella Guerin worked hard to promote the rights of women and pushed them into public life.
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Samantha Elley
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Discovering where our fallen are buried
New technology may help the descendants of Private Inglis find where he is buried in Belgium.
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Samantha Elley
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min
Somerton man exhumed to solve 70 year old mystery
Early last year Tales wrote about the mystery of Somerton man. A case where the body of a man was discovered on Somerton beach on December 1
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Samantha Elley
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Rocket scientist had his eyes on the stars
This young dairy lad from New Zealand maps the heavens.
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Samantha Elley
- Feb 9, 2020
- 3 min
Unknown corpse becomes Australia's most profound mystery
Usually when someone goes missing, they're reported to police. What happens when someone is found but no one has reported them gone?
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