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Murdered after a swim
Sometimes when we find a story about an interesting person, they have no final resting place. Their last known location is not known and...

Samantha Elley
Jun 23, 20252 min read


Baking business brings in the dough
He left tens of thousands of pounds, after years of baking.

Samantha Elley
Feb 11, 20252 min read


He ran the 700km postal trip in a fortnight
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who has died.

Samantha Elley
Sep 3, 20242 min read


'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...

Samantha Elley
Aug 6, 20242 min read


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...

Samantha Elley
Jun 11, 20242 min read


Languages became extinct when she died
WARNING: This article contains the names and photos of Indigenous people who have since passed.

Samantha Elley
Sep 19, 20232 min read


Procession of nurses to honour one of their own
She died while nursing others back to health.

Samantha Elley
Aug 15, 20232 min read


He juggled fame and murder
From one of the greatest entertainers to a murderer?

Samantha Elley
Jul 18, 20233 min read


Not your normal type of pioneer
A widow and her children decide to run a sheep station in outback Australia

Samantha Elley
Jun 20, 20232 min read


Revenge killing leads to massacre
Many lives lost in the early telegraph days

Samantha Elley
Mar 21, 20233 min read


Goldfields artist forgotten for three decades
His sketches and lithographs made him famous in his time.

Samantha Elley
Mar 14, 20232 min read


His landholdings were bigger than England
Australia's own cow boy was a generous man.

Samantha Elley
Jan 17, 20232 min read


Ground-breaker in the medical world
She worked hard to reduce the incidences of maternal deaths.

Samantha Elley
Aug 30, 20222 min read


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...

Samantha Elley
Jul 26, 20222 min read


WW1 Veteran's grave finally commemorated
Despite fighting for his country, his actions were only recently acknowledged.

Samantha Elley
Apr 12, 20222 min read


Abused by husband, but a winner in court
Constance Crombie bucked the trend when it came to leaving an abusive husband.

Samantha Elley
Dec 14, 20212 min read


From Imperialist butterfly to democratic grub
Bella Guerin worked hard to promote the rights of women and pushed them into public life.

Samantha Elley
Nov 16, 20213 min read


Discovering where our fallen are buried
New technology may help the descendants of Private Inglis find where he is buried in Belgium.

Samantha Elley
Oct 5, 20212 min read


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

Samantha Elley
May 19, 20211 min read


Rocket scientist had his eyes on the stars
This young dairy lad from New Zealand maps the heavens.

Samantha Elley
Apr 13, 20213 min read
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