Sixteen-year-old Vincent O’Farrell was too young to go to war, yet it was not enough to save his life. He drowned when washed off his horse while crossing Little Gin Creek, in the Longreach region, central Queensland, in 1917. Newspapers reported a ‘black tracker’ unsuccessfully dived for the body. Little Gin Creek is aContinue reading “Too young to fight, but not too young to die ready”
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Words written in stone endure
Words written in stone may not always last for ever, but they may endure for a long time. The bitter epitaph above left, “one of seven victims of negligence” was etched in 1948, but still sends a clear message from the family of Victoria Herbert, who lost her life as she took the bus toContinue reading “Words written in stone endure”
Way to go Australia 