Tales from the Grave

There is nothing sadder than coming across a headstone that denotes the last burial place of a young person. This was the case for...

At 11 years of age, Annie Murphy had already been dealt a cruel blow in life, finding herself living at St Aidan's Orphanage in the...

He left tens of thousands of pounds, after years of baking.

It wasn't just convicts that were sent to the NSW penal colony.

If you wanted to find one of the oldest European graves in Australia, it would surely belong to Henry Edward Dodd.

Many of us have issues we have to deal with in life, but next time you are struggling, spare a thought for George Henry Tunsted and his fami

When Denis Ahern breathed his last and passed to the other side, he left not knowing where his son, William Vincent Ahern was. His last...

To lose one member of the family in an horrific accident is more than most people can bear.

Sylvia Holmes' body was found in the front bedroom of her tiny cottage, Cremorne Street, Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne on the evening of...

When Graham Smith started writing ‘Red Earth Red Blood’, he was only a youngster in his 70s. Now at 95 years young, the Tuckurimba...

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...