Canberra History Web

This is a sad story from Canberra's Depression years-of unemployment, loneliness, marital rejection, desolation and tragic circumstances. It's the story of an unemployed man, left with his baby son, after his wife, Vera Jofferette Jacobs, deserted him for another man...Rejected by its mother, the baby was adored by its father who, despite his unhappy marriage, wanted reconciliation...She refused, so Bert decided to end it all...with tragic circumstances...READ ON