The Wall Family weaving the threads of memories

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About the book

William was a 17-year-old groomsman, an outdoors man-of-action with a wild temperament. Could this head-strong youth follow his father’s lace-weaving trade, tethered to the click-clack of a loom in the dark and damp confines of a Norfolk cottage? Or was he destined for a different life?

Twice married, fathering 19 children, and with significant support from his two wives, Mary Long, and Eliza Clarke, William became a farmer, publican, and inn-keeper. This Australian story traces William ‘Cocky’ Wall’s journey in two parts.

Part One focusses on William’s convict years, serving out his sentence as an assigned servant in Hobart and Launceston and how he played his part as a pioneer in early Central Victoria and Warrnambool.

Part Two explores the next 117 years of the Currency, the 13 surviving children and their descendants. The Currency refers to the first generation born in the colonies, the Walls, born to their free-settler mothers and ex-convict father. The book explores how each generation assumed its own place in society over a period spanning 180 years.

This E-book is also available from Kobo.

What readers have said

Reviews

“Your book is brilliant. It sits beside my bed. I am extremely impressed with the quality of the presentation & in awe of the amount of work that has gone into it.” (14 March 2022)

“The book is fabulous. I only wish I had the time to put together a book about my family.” (13 October 2022)

Barbara T.

“This was a most interesting read that sets the Wall Family's history against a backdrop of national and international events. It is a very Australian story, stretching as it does from convict forbear to citizens living and working across Australia”.

Rae W. 10 October 2022

“Christine! What a lot of work has gone into The Wall Family book!!! We have only had glimpses so far but what an effort you were involved with over time! Looking forward to learning about the history - as Rick said it is a full story and will be so interesting to read! Many thanks!”

Lillian P. 6 April 2022

“Your book arrived this morning at about 8.30 am and now, at 5.20 pm I have finished it in one gulp. You did a magnificent job Chris. Greg and Merle would be very proud of you. I loved it and as a reader of history, I was engrossed in the details of your connections with the bush. I know of many families with similar backgrounds and they are all connected by perseverance and hard times.”

Jack B. 2 February 2022