The Rookwood murder of William King and his young wife Elsie in 1898 shocked not only Sydney, but the entire colony of NSW. William King had been manager of the large, Roman Catholic section of Rookwood Cemetery for decades, living there in a quaint cottage surrounded by
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UPDATE – THURSDAY, MARCH 9 2023; THE PIEMAN’S GRAND JETE! Just imagine the Flying Pieman (William Francis King) as the ‘star’ of a ballet. This almost came to be. In 1942 artist Roderick Shaw prepared 21 watercolours for a proposed ballet to be called; ”The Flying Pieman
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Each Australia Day, commuter ferries race down Sydney Harbour, decorated with bunting and loaded to the gunnels with cheering supporters. They remind me of well dressed matrons competing in the hundred metre dash at school sports days. In 1984 the exertion proved too much for the aging
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