Tales from the Grave

'Tis the season for a miracle to happen.

Constance Crombie bucked the trend when it came to leaving an abusive husband.

Her sewing skills helped rally the defiant on the goldfields.

He also is responsible for Freddo Frogs and Cherry Ripes.

She looked after the many sailors that made their way to The Basin in Pittwater.

Bella Guerin worked hard to promote the rights of women and pushed them into public life.

He provided free medical assistance to those who couldn't afford it.

When their dreams of a new life were dashed, the young Italian couple made new plans.

He stood on a crate when first playing billiards before becoming world champion.

A uniquely spirited woman who loved mountaineering.

His name has disappeared from the gravestone, but his legacy is large.

New technology may help the descendants of Private Inglis find where he is buried in Belgium.

Solomon Blay had a very distinct achievement in the early days of settlement in Tasmania, as the state's longest working hangman.

Australia's first police woman had to pick up her skirts and run for her life from a cocaine-runner.

A friendship that became deadly but righteous.

A forgotten asylum patient, a newspaper article from the 1980s, and a callout on a Facebook page adds up to an intriguing mystery.

A dispute between neighbours turns tragic after a night of drinking and Johann Georg Reitz is the victim.

It's not the first time Aussies have had to mask up.

A poignant poem from a grieving mother in 1923, sparked the fulfillment of a request nearly 100 years later.

To be assigned to his 16-year-old Aboriginal wife, is definitely one for the books.