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  • Moving to Substack

    2023 is the year I follow my intuition. Initially, this started with regard to stories. When I came across a little-known Sydney story, I decided to follow it. As I researched, the familiar feeling of anticipation washed over me. It was a story I had to write. I decided The…

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  • Police Court Habitué

    Police Court Habitué

    …there are some who have the leisure and the inclination to make the police court their drama, their comedy, their pulpit. Mirror (Perth, WA :…

  • Murder of Ah Yet

    Murder of Ah Yet

    WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following blog post may contain images and names of deceased persons. A well-known face in Donnybrook,…

  • Battle of the Bellmen

    Battle of the Bellmen

    On 21 May 1886 Tommy Hopkins was walking down Hay Street, preparing to ring his bell and announce to the public that Messrs. E. Solomon…

  • The South Cornwall Ghost

    The South Cornwall Ghost

    Sinking operations continued at the South Cornwall tin mine however the men struggled a little due to the hardness of the diorite. In early December…

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Bring down the box, open the tin, and rifle through the contents. Join me as we sweep away the cobwebs, blow away the dust, and uncover the stories of the past.

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