Portrait of an Ancestor
The only known portrait of my great great grandfather William Moore is well known to other descendants. For over 30 years I've had a black and white copy of the image on my wall. My cousin owns a similar portrait in a 1920s/1930s oval glass frame that is likely the...Beyond the Headstone – the Dale infants
This edition of Beyond the Headstone features the Dale family. The headstone is important as a rare surviving example from this period, but also because it signals quite clearly that the Tone Rd cemetery was in use in early to mid 1854. It is fairly certain that the...Beyond the Headstones – Byrne family
The Beyond the Headstones series of posts was inspired after having spent a bit of time in Wangaratta cemetery, visiting loved ones, attending funerals or wandering around taking photos. In some sections I have been known to point at a headstone and exclaim "I know...The case of the Chiltern body snatcher
Followers may have discerned that I enjoy exploring the stories of nutters. They provide the rabbit warrens that can steal away hours while you try to make sense of the crazy. Today's offering is not from my family tree, or even from Wangaratta. One of his victims...
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