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Father murders his three little girls while they sleep - Part 1
It was an event that horrified the Australian population in the 1920s. A father slashes the throats of his three little girls and goes...
Samantha Elley
Jan 13, 20203 min read
Convict had many strings to his bow
Thomas Wells could almost write his own success story. How a convict, charged with embezzlement made it into the good graces of the...
Samantha Elley
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Fatal Pulpit Hill convict breakout
The two men gripped hands as if their lives depended on it. For one of them, that was true.
Samantha Elley
Dec 29, 20194 min read
Prime Minister's grandmother met two dukes
The shattered headstone of Edwin Cox in Grafton cemetery. Photo: austcemindex At 22 years of age Mary Ainslie arrived in Tasmania with...
Samantha Elley
Dec 22, 20192 min read
Artificial grasses and international thoroughbreds raised in Lismore
What happened to Mary Wilson, daughter of the 'father' of Lismore?
Samantha Elley
Dec 13, 20192 min read
Bad health couldn't stop him advancing the local community
He had a pallid face and weak limbs and suffering visibly while at the Conference.
Samantha Elley
Nov 30, 20192 min read
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