A year ago, I lost my brother-in-law to COVID-19. He was one of millions now taken because of this insidious disease. But he is more than just a statistic. Like...
Read More8 minute read Susannah Lawson was my 4 x great grandmother on my grandmother Irene’s side of the family. Susannah is another one of my ‘favourite’ ancestors, reasons being that...
Read More10 minute read Anzac Day, 2022. It is 104 years since Mick Quirk fought on the battlefields of the Western Front. This is the story of Mick’s war, in particular...
Read More10 minute read What can a single photograph tell you? To me, this photo captures a beautiful moment in time. My friend and travelling buddy Melody was about to turn...
Read More10 minute read TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE DISCUSSED ALBURY. MONDAY EVENING. A man named William Bennett, licensee of a hotel in Jindera, a village near here, committed suicide last night. It...
Read More12 minute read This is part two of the story of the Quinton brothers; my grandmother Irene’s ancestors on her father’s side. To read part one, click here: https://quirkycharacters.com.au/stories/to-gaol-at-ten-the-orphaned-life-of-william-quinton-and-his-brothers/ The...
Read MoreA short photo story; 5 minute read The year is 1975 and I am 3 years old. We’ve just made our way to Terrigal on the Central Coast of NSW...
Read More16 minute read, including videos This week marks 80 years since the start of The Blitz, an aerial bombing campaign on the UK by the Germans during World War II....
Read More12 minute read History is all around us. If we just look closely enough. And there are ancestors of ours that sit quietly back in the shadows, behaving themselves at...
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