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Samantha Elley
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Discovering the hidden stories of Australians buried in our graveyards and even those hidden resting places.
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No one has ever been charged with the murder of Gwen Beeson. #talesfromthegrave #unsolvedmurder #coldcase #familyhistory

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No justice in Gwen's cold case murder
No one has ever been charged with the murder of Gwen Beeson.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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He changed his age to fight in the war. #talesfromthegrave #history #australianhistory #worldwarone #greatwar #familyhistory #genealogy
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October 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Saintly or evil, everyone has a story to tell and this is a sad one. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #familyhistory #genealogy

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'You (are) unfit to mix with ordinary people'
Saintly or evil, everyone has a story to tell and this is a sad one.When George Henry Biggs lost his wife, Ethel Martha (nee Mills) in January, 1925 he was left with their nine children to raise.Unfor...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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She flew her Cessna across the outback attending to rural people's medical needs. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #familyhistory #genealogy
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August 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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There is not much information on Fanny Hopkins, but she had a huge responsibility. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #banjopaterson
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She was part of her people's survival
There is not much information on Fanny Hopkins. At a very young age, however, she was given the responsibility of one of Australia's most celebrated sons, when he was a baby. She was the nanny to Banj...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Remembering the little ones buried in the bush. #talesfromthegrave #cemeteries #australianhistory #history

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Babies buried in the Bush
Remembering the littles one buried in the bush.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Not everyone has a final resting place, regardless of what they achieve. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #familyhistory #genealogy

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Murdered after a swim
Sometimes when we find a story about an interesting person, they have no final resting place. Their last known location is not known and all that is left is an echo of a memory of the person or a plaq...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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There are three graves in Rookwood Cemetery and two in Melbourne that all have something in common. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #familyhistory #genealogy

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Factory of horrors a death trap
There are three graves in Rookwood Cemetery and two in Melbourne that all have something in common. The bodies that rest in them are remnants of workers who were employed by Cameron's Tobacco Factory,...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Shipwrecked in India to photography in Australia. #talesfromthegrave #familyhistory #australianhistory #history #genealogy

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Developing career after shipwreck
Shipwrecked in India to photography in Australia
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May 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Sending a child to run errands while controlling a large horse wouldn't have been an issue in earlier days in regional areas. #talesfromthegrave #history #australianhistory #genealogy #familyhistory

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Horses and children didn't always mix
Sending a child to run errands while controlling a large horse wouldn't have been an issue in earlier days in regional areas. Many children under 10-years-old would ride to school on animals many time...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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There is nothing sadder than coming across a headstone that denotes the last burial place of a young person. #talesfromthegrave #familyhistory #history #australianhistory #genealogy

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River crossing was his last action
There is nothing sadder than coming across a headstone that denotes the last burial place of a young person. This was the case for Vincent Banford O'Farrell who is buried at Longreach Cemetery. He was...
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March 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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At 11 years of age, Annie Murphy had already been dealt a cruel blow in life. #talesfromthegrave #history #familyhistory #australianhistory #victorianhistory #bendigo #genealogy
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Little orphan engulfed in flames
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 Victorian town of Bendigo, at the turn of the 20th century.Born Ann ...
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February 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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He left tens of thousands of pounds, after years of baking. #talesfromthegrave #familyhistory #history #australianhistory #genealogy

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Baking business brings in the dough
He left tens of thousands of pounds, after years of baking.
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February 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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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 family. #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #genealogy #familyhistory

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What ladder did they walk under?
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
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February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Sheep farming, gold-mining, hotel owning were just some of the jobs Robert Hayles took on.
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He built the first hotel on an iconic resort island
Sheep farming, gold-mining, hotel owning were just some of the jobs Robert Hayles took on.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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He was credited with finding the first gold-bearing stone as a child which established the town of Charters Towers.
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He kick started the gold rush in Northern Queensland
He was credited with finding the first gold-bearing stone as a child which established the town of Charters Towers.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Soldier, publican, husband and father. #talesfromthegrave #familyhistory #history #genealogy #Busselton
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From 7th Hussars to Vasse Hotel
Soldier, publican, husband and father.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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It wasn't just convicts that were sent to the NSW penal colony. www.talesfromthegrave.org/post/convict... #talesfromthegrave #australianhistory #history #genealogy #familyhistory
Convict's wife runs inn on Bathurst road
It wasn't just convicts that were sent to the NSW penal colony.
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January 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Searching for gold was a way of life for Mary Ann and her family. #talesfromthegrave #familyhistory #history #australianhistory #genealogy
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A Child of the Golden Era
Searching for gold was a way of life for Mary Ann and her family.
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January 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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If you wanted to find one of the oldest European graves in Australia, it would surely belong to Henry Edward Dodd. #familyhistory #talesfromthegrave #history #australianhistory #genealogy #gardeningtales

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First gardener buried in oldest grave
If you wanted to find one of the oldest European graves in Australia, it would surely belong to Henry Edward Dodd.
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January 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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For years children have been playing over the remains of early settlers. #talesfromthegrave #history #australianhistory #familyhistory #genealogy
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A hidden cemetery under a school
For years children have been playing over the remains of early settlers.
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January 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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You would think the words 'gentleman' and 'bushranger' were complete opposites
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Gentleman bushranger became a hat-maker
You would think the words 'gentleman' and 'bushranger' were complete opposites
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January 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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There was no doubting that the Reverend Felix Schurr walked through the gift door a number of times.
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'A cup of tea for the priest?'
He was a familiar face in pioneering Australia as he set about to spread God's word.
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January 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM