By John Field
In retirement, Peter and his spouse, Sarah, confirmed probably the most renowned guesthouses in Toowoomba, which ran effectively for 30 years.
Peter’s tale, advised by means of his great-grandson, is richly more advantageous with over a hundred images, maps and figures.
'Boots, footwear and seeds' used to be the winner of the 2015 Don provide Award for biography with a relations historical past concentration provided through the Australian Institute of Genealogical stories Inc., and the 2017 relations background booklet Award from the Queensland relatives background Society Inc.
Praise for 'Boots, footwear and seeds':
'a version relatives and native historical past e-book' - Dr Ruth S Kerr, The Royal historic Society of Queensland
'gives one a superb view of industrial in an Australian city within the past due nineteenth and early twentieth centuries' - Dr Martin Playne, author
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