There are so many great stories about wills, the way they are written, the fact that they are the best way to find lost relatives (especially if there is a large legacy) and, for some, the, shall we say, interesting bequests that are sometimes left.
Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 - 1908), Friday 24 September 1897.National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217917972
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Monday 25 January 1909, page 3.
National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147920145
National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW : 1889 - 1954), Wednesday 21 June 1916, page 2
National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158055585
Toowoomba Chronicle (Qld. : 1917 - 1922), Thursday 20 December 1917
National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252883477
Men's bath robes early 1900's
Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), Thursday 6 January 1938, page 3
National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178518239
Avon Argus and Cunderdin-Meckering-Tammin Mail (WA : 1925 - 1954), Thursday 4 August 1949, page 4. National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252075690
All Saints, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire
Whyalla News (SA : 1940 - 1954), Friday 2 March 1951, page 6. National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195970954
W.C.Fields 1938
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