Poorhouse to Paradise, The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town

Description

This is the story of Lyall Ford's grandfather Charles Edward Ford who left England in 1887 at 21 years of age hoping to find a better life than may have been his lot had he remained in England. The book presents an evocative history of the town of Walkerton, the Ford family, and their wider connections with the Pioneer Valley District in the era before "radio, television, movies and computers".