Laurence Joseph MurphyThe author was born in Scotland of Irish / Scottish parents and the family arrived in Australia in 1960. The eldest of seven children he was conscripted into the Australian army in 1966 and met his future wife, Anne while on an exercise in North Queesland. That posting also allowed him the opportunity to go to many remote locations and developed in him a keen interest in the history of the small towns that have struggled to survive since the end of the exciting times of the gol rushes that were the reason for their existence. Now, after 48 years of marriage he lives in retirement on a rural property near Townsville, North Queensland Read More Read Less