Every family experiences its fair share of tragedy and death. For the Seccombe family, however, a triple portion was heaped on their plate when three children left this life before their time. John and Rebecca Seccombe were early pioneers in the Wollongbar district on the Northern Rivers and had established themselves with their nine children. They had taken up the third selection in the area and were very involved in the dairy industry. It was first in 1903 that tragedy stru
