By Helen Goltz and Chris Adams In cemeteries throughout Australia, gravestones hint at our history – tales of early settlement, unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice. Grave Tales reveals more than...
Read moreGrave Tales: Great Ocean Road – Geelong to Port Fairy
OUT NOW: In the second book in the exciting Grave Tales series, we begin the journey in Great Ocean Road Country. Grave Tales: Great Ocean Road Country – Geelong to Port Fairy visits established cemeteries and burial places off-the-beaten-track...
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The stories of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events that made headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses that still exist, but now lie in Australian cemeteries. Written by journalists, Helen...
Read moreGrave Tales: Bruce Highway
Take a journey along the Bruce Highway and enjoy these stories of trailblazers, heroes, victims and everyday people caught up in extraordinary events. From the Sunshine Coast to Cooktown, read about how two nurses in Maryborough in 1905...
Read moreGrave Tales: Qld’s Great South West – Ipswich to Augathella
In the sixth book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams head south west to unearth some great tales. Stories include: The Toowoomba Terror: the first Queensland-made car built by the Trevethan brothers...
Read moreGrave Tales: Sydney Vol.1
In the third book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams unearth Sydney’s interesting tales. Join them for a walk through some of Sydney’s oldest cemeteries to get an insight into the incredible lives of...
Read moreGrave Tales: Melbourne Vol.1
In the seventh book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams visit Melbourne cemeteries to unearth some great tales. Stories include: Whelan the Wrecker – the man and name synonymous with the wrecking ball and...
Read moreGrave Tales: Scenic Rim & surrounds, Qld
In the eighth book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams visit cemeteries in the beautiful Scenic Rim to unearth some great tales. Stories include: The Stinson crash: how bushman Bernard O’Reilly found a...
Read moreGrave Tales: Tasmania
In the ninth book in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams visit Tasmania cemeteries to unearth some great tales. Stories include: Mark Jeffrey: a Port Arthur prisoner who lived with the 1100 or so deceased...
Read moreGrave Tales: True Crime Vol.1
What made them do it? What were they thinking? Was it nature or nurture, that is, were they born evil or were they the products of their environment? And why are we so fascinated with crime? We are delighted to present the first volume in the...
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