Melbourne Vol.1

In the seventh volume in the exciting Grave Tales series, journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams visit a selection of Melbourne cemeteries to unearth some great tales.  BUY YOUR COPY NOW.

Stories include:

• Whelan the Wrecker – the man and name synonymous with the wrecking ball and recycling a lot of Melbourne’s history;
• Leo Rosner – as featured in the movie ‘Schindler’s List’ – the Jewish Holocaust survivor who made a life post-war in Melbourne;
• 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;
• Walter Lindrum – the Don Bradman of billiards;
• The murder of Alma Tirtschke and how the wrong man hanged;

… And 10 more stories in this volume.

Also in the Grave Tales series are books on Grave Tales: Brisbane; Grave Tales: Great Ocean Road Country – Geelong to Port Fairy; Grave Tales: Bruce Highway; Grave Tales: Sydney Vol.1; Grave Tales: Qld’s Great South West and Grave Tales: True Crime Vol.1