Collected stories

These twenty-nine stories from collected family archives have been preserved for future generations. Don’t miss out. Ensure your family knows some of the tales of the Parer family by getting a copy now.

Stories on

  • The case against John Paul Carolin
  • The first photo of Ned Kelly
  • A new Heartland
  • The church archives of Sant Feliu de Alella
  • The first Parer’s arrival in Australia
  • Tin hut catering
  • Parer’s Crystal Café & Hotel
  • Tower House, Frankston
  • Parer's Kiosk at the end of St Kilda Pier
  • The west coast of Tasmania
  • William Henry Higgin’s disastrous arrival in Australia
  • Parer & Higgins at the Melbourne Exhibition
  • Parer hotels and restaurants in Kalgoorlie​
  • Found in the dump​
  • Francis Parer & his Box Hill properties
  • Tommy the Magician: Sim Salla Bim!
  • The death of Kevin Parer
  • Stanley Parer: A boy, youth & man
  • Stanford X-ray: A potted history
  • Damien: my younger brother
  • He was a camera: A great historian
  • Damien’s war diary
  • He died how he lived
  • Two Brothers: A chance meeting
  • The Bellbird Shipping disaster
  • A simple life
  • Meeting Uncle Ray
  • A Mexican aeroplane crash
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