Tales from the Grave

Goat Island in Sydney Harbour became Charles 'Boney' Anderson's prison for two years, chained to a large sandstone rock.

A 9 year old boy travels from the country to the city alone and stirs up a nation.

Frank Skinner Thompson and his wife Alice Maude knew how to show hospitality.

The fight over his will took up more space in the newspaper than his obituary.

This young dairy lad from New Zealand maps the heavens.

He had a heart for people and a head for business in the early Hobart days.

I was honoured to be asked to talk about the establishment of Tales

Two Irish brothers who had been running pubs in Melbourne, travel to Sydney to make their own beer, and create an Australian icon. It is...

When Enid Lyons made her maiden speech in Parliament in 1943, it was an historic moment.

Bringing the beauty of the Australian bush alive, not only to children, but also to adults, was the special skill of May Gibbs. Born to...

It's been 15 months now since I established my newspaper column Tales from the Grave as a website. It's been only 3 months since I...

His name alone carried the weight of British literature.

Elizabeth’s expert ability to manage the sheep ensured their competitive place in the British wool market.

He nearly died on the job and introduced finger printing as a way of catching criminals.

Two young white girls are rescued from an Aboriginal tribe on Fraser Island, three years after their boat is ship-wrecked and all crew is lo

Only a few weeks after his marriage Gustav Steindl died.

Jeannie Taylor stood at only 5 foot (153cm) as an adult, but her strength, energy and determination were her greatest legacies.

An Australian pilot who flew 201 missions in the Korean War but couldn’t drive a car. He was, however, the first from his country to be...

She worked in a chaotic maze of colour and clutter, creating her beautiful artworks. Her surroundings were not for the minimalists among...

When Edward John Lees Hallstrom had a passion for something, he threw everything at it.