Tales from the Grave

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who has died.

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...

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...

WARNING: This article contains the names and photos of Indigenous people who have since passed.

She died while nursing others back to health.

From one of the greatest entertainers to a murderer?

A widow and her children decide to run a sheep station in outback Australia

Many lives lost in the early telegraph days

His sketches and lithographs made him famous in his time.

Australia's own cow boy was a generous man.

She worked hard to reduce the incidences of maternal deaths.

Nestled side by side in West Terrace cemetery in South Australia are two graves, one marked and one without a headstone. The marked grave...

Despite fighting for his country, his actions were only recently acknowledged.

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

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

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

Early last year Tales wrote about the mystery of Somerton man. A case where the body of a man was discovered on Somerton beach on December 1

This young dairy lad from New Zealand maps the heavens.

Usually when someone goes missing, they're reported to police. What happens when someone is found but no one has reported them gone?