Tales from the Grave

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

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

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

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.

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 Jane Power West died at the age of 90 years old in 1913, she took with her a lifetime of experiences only a pioneer woman in early...

He was a familiar face in pioneering Australia as he set about to spread God's word.

You would think the words 'gentleman' and 'bushranger' were complete opposites

When you have been a big part of the establishment of the cattle industry in a burgeoning outback economy, it seems a cruel fate to be...

For years children have been playing over the remains of early settlers.

He was known as a Lancaster man.

WHEN George Robinson died in 1911 the local skating rink closed its doors on the day of his funeral in sympathy for the family. The...

Herbert Massey had been missing for two and a half years.

He could have survived his injury of a broken neck, but that was not to be for Ralph Milgate Pepper.