A Trial on Trial
A man killed his wife. When the powerful find themselves on trial, discussions happen about the justice system that don’t happen when the powerless are similarly ensnared.
Category Archives: Dyson
The antecedents, life and times, and descendants of James Dyson (1810-1888)
Dyson’s hat
Kings Meadows Convict Station discovery finds artefacts, convict hat
The Sons of Australia Benefit Society
Was your ancestor a member of the Sons of Australia Benefit Society (1837-1897)?
Dyson’s Corner (the Second)
Joseph Dyson became a husband and a father (though not necessarily in that order) during the year 1872. It was time for him to strike out and get a house of his own. Thus the second Dyson’s corner was formed.
Our George Dyson
A brief overview of George Dyson’s life, the most accomplished Dyson you’ve never heard about.
Thomas Dyson: The Canny one
When Thomas Dyson was a young boy, he shot the son of his father’s main business rival in the head. After that, his fortunes could only improve.
The Fate of The First Wife, Part III
Fanny Dyson’s end was horrible and no-one comes out of this event looking good.
The Fate of the First Wife, Part II
The new evidence
The Fate of the First Wife, Part I
This is a reconstruction of the last years of the life of Mrs Frances (Fanny) Dyson, the first wife of James Dyson, and mother to his first four children. This is a very different narrative to the one that which has heretofore been told, and has been accepted as the truth for nigh on one hundred and twenty years.
On Cemetery Hill
A visit to the Old East Perth Cemetery, where generations of Colonial Western Australians have been laid to uneasy rest, including all too many Dysons.