Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol.1

Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol. 1 visits eleven Melbourne cemeteries to tell the stories of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs, streets, and even the same houses that still exist, but now lie in the cemeteries of Melbourne. 'Grave Tales' reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final resting places. Stories include: Whelan the Wrecker – the man and name synonymous with the wrecking ball and recycling a lot of Melbourne's history; Leo Rosner – whose story featured in the movie 'Schindler's List'; The Mornington Football Club disaster – the weekend a football team was tragically wiped out; Cyril Callister – Mr Vegemite! Beautiful Erica McMillan and the Moomba Queens – beauty and tragedy in a time before political correctness; Alice Anderson – the untimely end of one of our first female mechanics; George Coulthard –one of our best footballers but his encounter with a shark in Sydney may have changed how football is played today; The murder of Alma Tirtschke and how the wrong man hanged; … And 10 more stories in this volume. Written by Logie-award winning journalist Chris Adams and author/journalist Helen Goltz, this is the seventh book in the 'Grave Tales' biography/history series.