Tales from the Grave

"This tribute is a reminder that behind every name carved in stone is a life worth knowing." When teacher Clare Dorey got her students to research a veteran each for Year 10 History, it gave her an idea. "When I left that school, I decided to do some research of my own," she said. As part of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, Clare applied for and received a grant through Veterans SA and that is how her book, Stories from Stone: Honouring Mount Barker's WWII Me

The sacrifice of the Watherston family is considered one of the greatest regarding Australia's involvement in the Great War. Their tragic story begins in 1896, where a strong westerly wind blows across the waters just off Boston Island, near Port Lincoln, South Australia. In a flat-bottomed boat, heading to a cutter, is married couple James and Isabella Watherston with one of their five sons. James and Isabella Watherston. Courtesy Findagrave. A heavy sea strikes their small

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

He left tens of thousands of pounds, after years of baking.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who has died.

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...

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...

WARNING: This article contains the names and photos of Indigenous people who have since passed.

She died while nursing others back to health.

From one of the greatest entertainers to a murderer?

A widow and her children decide to run a sheep station in outback Australia

Many lives lost in the early telegraph days

His sketches and lithographs made him famous in his time.

Australia's own cow boy was a generous man.

She worked hard to reduce the incidences of maternal deaths.

Nestled side by side in West Terrace cemetery in South Australia are two graves, one marked and one without a headstone. The marked grave...

Despite fighting for his country, his actions were only recently acknowledged.

Constance Crombie bucked the trend when it came to leaving an abusive husband.

Bella Guerin worked hard to promote the rights of women and pushed them into public life.

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