The Iconic Webster’s Biscuit Family

The Iconic Webster’s Biscuit Family

During the early stages of the Under the Lino investigation, our main aim was to find out if there were any living relatives of Arthur and Eleanor Webster, in a direct family line, so that we could return the money and bankbooks to their rightful owners. One name kept...
Queensland Rail – Part 2 Noel Condon

Queensland Rail – Part 2 Noel Condon

Arthur and Eleanor Webster used to own my house in Milton when it was first built in the early 1900s. They were also the owners of a significant amount of money (cash and bank books) I discovered Under the Lino of my 1912 Queenslander. These documents date back to the...
How it all began…

How it all began…

What would you do if you found documents under the flooring of your hundred year old house, dating back more 70 years? Would you chuck them out with the rest of the rubbish you’d found while renovating? Would you frame them? Would you get them valued and then, insure...
Queensland Rail – Part 1

Queensland Rail – Part 1

The Under the Lino (UTL) investigation has asked many questions about the owners of the money and pass books I found in my 1912 Milton home – who were they, why did they hide the money and how did they have so much money saved, when the area they lived in was not so...
The Missing Gravestone of Forbes Strachan…

The Missing Gravestone of Forbes Strachan…

One of the highlights of the UTL project has been the Forbes Strachan headstone discovery and subsequent match-making of his extended family. When David and I first bought our Heussler Tce house in 1996, Stan Dowdle was our uphill neighbour. Stan’s parents had owned...