Tales from the Grave

There are many headstones in our graveyards where finding information about their lives can be somewhat difficult. The resident of these graves may have lived quiet lives and not done anything spectacular for the wider world to know about. Headstone of Clarence and Sarah Chadwick and their infant son. Courtesy ancestry.com The challenge with the life of Clarence Chadwick was to find out what he had achieved while alive. His grave is located in Burwood cemetery, Victoria and a

It was on the second day in the first event of the annual Richmond River races at Casino.

When George Edward Tonkin left for work 6th September, 1916 he would have no idea it would be his last day on earth. George worked at Wellington Mills, in the south-west of Western Australia as a 'hookman'. He was responsible for hooking the logs up to then be hauled away. He was very involved in the timber industry having lived at Augusta and was connected to the Karridale Mill nearby. He was a well respected resident of the area. George was born in Fremantle in 1875 to Edwa

No one has ever been charged with the murder of Gwen Beeson.