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Ghost Trek: The Next Generation
I helped develop the 'Ghosts of South Brisbane Cemetery' night tour for the Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery, and I'm a guide on the tour. And I'm even not sure 'paranormal tours' should be allowed...
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Stories of Women in the Cemetery: Getting the Balance Right
I recently co-hosted an 'International Women's Day' night tour at South Brisbane Cemetery, along with cemetery historian Tracey Olivieri. We basically split the tour, doing alternating spots, and did...
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The Bloody, Bloody Hangings of Ellen Thomson and John Harrison
There's a couple of points I always like to make on my 'Hangman's Walk'cemetery tours. The first is that hanging could be a messy and unpredictable process, despite the concerted attempts to make sure...
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A 2017 Cemetery Tour Gallery
It has been a big, big year for the Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery. I'm reluctant to say the biggest ever, because back during 2005-10 the group was made up of just three women who tidied,...
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Mums and Dads Pay a Hefty Price at Boggo Road
This very telling graph reveals how much various 'crime and justice' heritage sites around Australia currently charge school groups to visit. I'll discuss aspects of this below.School group prices,...
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A History of Queensland Bunyips (Part Two): The 20th Century
By the end of the 19th century, the possibility that the mysterious 'bunyip' could be a real zoological entity had been generally dismissed, and it had taken its place firmly in the realms of...
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Walking Among the Dead
"Going by, you try to be as quiet as possible, better to let them sleep. Greek, Roman, sepulchres - palatial mausoleums made to order, phantomesque, signs and symbols of hidden decay - ghosts of women...
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The Merrimac Bunyip
Although the 'bunyip' had generally been consigned to the realms of fantasy and folklore by the early 20th-century (see my history on 19th-century Queensland sightings here), occasional speculation...
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Cryptid Cats and Dogs of the Far North
There have been some recent reports of possible sightings of a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) in the far north of Queensland. The witnesses were reasonable sources - a Park Services employee and a...
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Life and Death Quiz #4: Brisbane Cemeteries
Welcome to another 'Life and Death Quiz' about Queensland history. In this fourth entry you can test your knowledge of the history of cemeteries in Brisbane.Be warned - they're not too easy! You can...
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Life & Death
Life & Death in the Sunshine State is a growing collection of interesting stories about the history of Queensland, including - among other things - tales of hangings, cemeteries, sharks and other...
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The Gallows of the Old Windmill Tower
This story can be read at 'A Scaffold High'Depiction of the 1841 hanging. (Telegraph, 10 March 1970)
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The Lost Graveyard of Terranora Creek
A look at a lost graveyard with links to some tragic events near Tweed Heads.This story is now located at the 'South Brisbane Cemetery' website.The dry dock (constructed 1898) on the Tweed, 1937. This...
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When Steele Rudd Met the Kenniff Brothers at Boggo Road
This story can be read at 'A Scaffold High'Steele Rudd (State Library of Queensland).
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Thoughts on the Boggo Road Redevelopment
The planning process for the Boggo Road redevelopment rolls ever onward, with the Draft Application currently still under bureaucratic consideration, and a formal public consultation process yet to...
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What's in Store For Brisbane City Council's Cemeteries in 2016?
Learn about the planned changes for how the public can 'enjoy' Brisbane cemeteries in 2016.This story can be read on 'South Brisbane Cemetery'.
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A Bit of Housekeeping
I'm currently in the middle of reorganising my online material, which means shuffling around a few articles from one website to another. Approximately half the posts here will be moved to new homes as...
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The Fabulous Creatures of Walter Henry Bone
Bunyip and Oopidoop (Sydney Mail, 27 December 1911)Walter Henry Bone is one of the forgotten illustrators of Australian children’s literature, which is rather a shame. Writing around the turn of the...
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The Case For a Boggo Road Cultural Hub
With the Boggo Road redevelopment process now taking another step forward with the release of the draft application details, I’d like to gradually present a few articles on this website outlining my...
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'Unauthorised Activities' in Brisbane Cemeteries?
Here we go again...On page 7 of today’s City South News, local ‘ghost tour’ operator Cameron ‘Jack’ Sim again attacks a local history group, this time for having the audacity to run a single one-off...
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