Brothers in Arms: A compelling, emotional and humorous biography covering over 100 years of post-European settlement in Australia - Paperback

by Ian Minchin (Author)

Two generations of brothers. Two world wars. This inspiring biography, told with openness and humour, captures the struggles of an Australian family, beginning with their migration from Ireland, through the eras that defined this burgeoning country. Lured by the romance of life on a distant shore, a family migrates to the Victorian goldfields. Their offspring, flush with the benefits of the gold rush era, embark on the golden trail to Western Australia. When the First World War breaks, two brothers take opposite paths for King and Country with life-changing consequences. Despite Hugh's severe wounding and its long term impact, he returns to his rural home to marry his childhood sweetheart, Iris and they start a family of their own - five sons whom Hugh hopes will never know the horrors of war. The family faces many challenges in their country life compounded the onset of a world depression. Their

Author Biography

As a son of a Gallipolli veteran, Ian Minchin was inspired to write his family biography following a visit to Gallipolli in 2008 and hearing the stories of his eldest brothers in World War II. Ian has had a long career in the finance industry and later in the film and television industries. Ian is a husband, father and grandfather with a passion for both Australian and family history and is currently teaching English to asylum seekers and refugees.