Tales from the Grave

Uncovering family history from down under

Politician had them 'quaking' for the workers

He was a teetotaller and believed in free trade, going against the beliefs of his own father. He was a Quaker in politics.

Edward gives himself up to police and faces the ultimate punishment - Part 2

Constable Jones was not aware of how his day would go, when he saw a man of medium build walk into the Newcastle police station where he...

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...

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...

Fatal Pulpit Hill convict breakout

The two men gripped hands as if their lives depended on it. For one of them, that was true.

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...

Artificial grasses and international thoroughbreds raised in Lismore

What happened to Mary Wilson, daughter of the 'father' of Lismore?

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.

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