Journalism 1903 King Dick Wins Again

 Ahh, back in the old days...

Source; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234793345?searchTerm=sydney%20%20king

Teacher's Pet podcast, Missing Wife, Missing girls

 Hmm.
Seems that a "missing wife" is more than just a missing woman.
Yeah, yeah, WE all know that but it seems the penny has just dropped for some law people in Australia; if Teacher's Pet has taught us anything it's that WE SHOULDN'T JUST RELY ON THE HUSBAND.

Just a small, slight consideration that hasn't jumped up and slapped a whole gender in the face, apparently.

I digress.
Pottering amidst the glories of archived news at Trove, I've often come across "missing wife" or "missing wife and children" headlines and sometimes I go looking to see if the wife and/or kids turned up in the births/deaths/marriages.
Most times, there's a further trace of them.
But sometimes there's not a speck.
One of the "missing wife and children" was one of those that never, ever showed a sign of life: hubby didn't report the disappearance for at least 4 weeks, and no follow-up news reports.
Likewise with searching "Missing girls" in the Sydney area during the early days of The Great Depression; I was following a hunch regarding a certain serial killer I'd been researching and, worryingly, I was unable to trace a good number of the reported "missing girls" - any number over zero is too fucking many.
But few police or news follow-ups, while casual trawling through the NSW Birth/Deaths/Marriages found gaps.

How many family trees have sudden stops on people's lives..."born 1922 disappeared 1945" ... 

And the odd thing I've noticed is - 

when a bloke goes missing in the news archives he usually turns up again, whereas women don't.

When Bribie Island lost its cemetery. 1936

 To lose a cemetery is rather careless, but how one goes about losing it in the first place is so easy - just don't use it!

Source;

The Township That Lost Its Cemetery

Further Reading;

Bribie Island History - Cemeteries Why You Can't Be Buried On Bribie Island.

When a grave digger is left to his own devices... 1936

 ...he, or rather, this one in particular, had a novel idea to solve the pesky problem of uncovering previously interred bodies when digging new graves - evict the original residents into a nearby mine shaft.

That harsh sound you hear are the sounds of thousands of genealogists heads exploding.

Source;
Bones In Old Mine Shaft

Skeleton for sale; slightly used by former bushranger or someone... 1929

 Came across this article which tickled my fancy.

A little investigation - very little - turned up this article which puts everything into place & perspective

Rocklea Hotel, Rocklea

John Lynch aka The Berrima Axe Murderer 1812 -1842 Australian serial killer

 Another revolting creature; doubly so as it claimed God protected it as it killed people.

Worked its way up from fraud to serial killing, claiming 10 victims.

Further Reading -

John Lynch; The Pious Hatchetman

Lynch, Bushranger Berrima's Notorious Criminal

Confessions of Lynch the Murderer

Wikipedia

John Lynch at Murderpedia

John Lynch Convict Record

The Wedderburn Mystery 6 January 1937 Unsolved

 It's safe to say the two blokes having a scratch around in the dirt at Wedderburn got a nasty shock when the remains of a man were uncovered.

Despite following up leads for years afterwards the police were never able to identify the victim.

They even made a death mask of the man's face, then a sculpture of his head, the very first of its kind in Australia.

But they never solved the mystery of his identity or who killed him.

Further reading -

Wedderburn Mystery Murder Suspected

Sculptor Helped in Death Probe

The Great Wedderburn Mystery The Body in the Shaft