Grave Tales

ebook Scenic Rim & Surrounds, Qld: Grave Tales, #8 · Grave Tales

By Helen Goltz

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Grave Tales: Scenic Rim & Surrounds, Qld visits the many public and private cemeteries in Queensland's Scenic Rim and tells of the everyday people who - willingly or unwillingly - were participants in events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses as exist now, or finished their days in this beautiful area. Including:

  • The Stinson crash: how bushman Bernard O'Reilly found a missing aircraft with seven people on board when no-one else could.
  • The Fassifern Giantess – Augusta Rewald: in the days when 'freak shows' were entertainment, a Boonah resident was exhibited nationwide.
  • Duty done: a medal no mother wanted to receive – a silver badge for sending multiple sons to war. Sarah Wease of Canungra was a recipient.
  • Boy meets bushranger – Christian Schmidt: the boy who inadvertently told the 'Wild Scotchman' bushranger when to rob the mail coach.
  • Romeo Lahey's flagpole: the man who gave us the great Scenic Rim National Parks had another passion, put up a flagpole without digging a hole!
  • The Germans: the war in Europe had repercussions for the Scenic Rim's large population of German immigrants and especially one German pastor.
  • Murder by the Kenniff brothers: the most horrible murders in Qld police history – a constable and a property manager slaughtered by outlaws.
  • ... And 10 more stories in this volume.
  • Written by Logie-award-winning journalist, Chris Adams and journalist/author Helen Goltz, Grave Tales reveals more than the headstone can ever convey.

    Grave Tales