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![342. Bradley, S & E [Samuel and Easter. Mary Martin] (B13)](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/featured_images/SLNSW_ON146_342.jpg?itok=BqDfF_qe)
Brutality at Birch Grove
Headstone of Samuel and Esther Bradley, Devonshire Street Cemetery c1901, Ethel Foster, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (ON146/342) Research on the epitaph on a tombstone in Sydney's old Devonshire Street Cemetery led to the shocking story of the deaths of…
Memory, Love and Gothic Horror
Headstones in Devonshire Street Cemetery c1901 by Ethel Foster, courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (ON146/386) It's History Week and this year's theme is 'Memory and Landscapes'. And there is no better way to think about memory and landscapes than…
Devonshire Street Cemetery
Devonshire Street cemetery prior to demolition, showing the headstone of Joseph Leburn c1905, by Ethel Foster, courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (ON 146/no 401) Last night Lisa gave the Annual History Lecture for History Week 2018, and in keeping…