Tales from the Grave

Hugh Russel received a Military Cross for his bravery in the Great War

Living past 100 years was a rare feat in days gone by and even rarer for men.

She was blonde and beautiful and at 19 years old, Cathy Wayne had the entertainment world at her feet. Her life, however, would be cut...

Imagine you are at the peak of your career as one of Australia's elite cricketers. So much so, you have been chosen as part of the...

It was the kindness of butcher, Daniel Walsh that stopped some from starving through the Depression.

In the era that Ada Emily Evans was born, it was rare for women to be in the legal profession.

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

For the amount of acclaim and controversy that Norman Lindsay's life created, his headstone is very simple by comparison. All it says is:...

When William Bassett died, he was the last pioneer of Tunnel in Tasmania and the second oldest resident of the Lilydale district. At 87...

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...

It was an oppressively hot day on the 5th April, 1887 in the small Northern Queensland gulf town of Burketown situated on the banks of...

When Jane Power West died at the age of 90 years old in 1913, she took with her a lifetime of experiences only a pioneer woman in early...

He was a familiar face in pioneering Australia as he set about to spread God's word.

You would think the words 'gentleman' and 'bushranger' were complete opposites

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...

"Oh Mr Hart! What a mess!" has become part of the Aussie lingo.

For years children have been playing over the remains of early settlers.

He was known as a Lancaster man.

WHEN George Robinson died in 1911 the local skating rink closed its doors on the day of his funeral in sympathy for the family. The...

Herbert Massey had been missing for two and a half years.