Tales from the Grave

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.

Searching for gold was a way of life for Mary Ann and her family.

Soldier, publican, husband and father.

He was credited with finding the first gold-bearing stone as a child which established the town of Charters Towers.

Sheep farming, gold-mining, hotel owning were just some of the jobs Robert Hayles took on.

He could have survived his injury of a broken neck, but that was not to be for Ralph Milgate Pepper.

The writing on the striking white gravestone is barely readable. The tree that may have been planted at the time of burial has now grown...

She would win the money while he spent it.

A Christmas treat turns fatal