The Broke and the Broken, Life in the Great Depression by Hugh V. Clarke

“This book recreates a period in our history between two catastrophic wars as it follows the struggles of one family to emerge from the almost universal poverty which blanketed Australia during the dark days of the Depression. The story moves through Mulgowie, Gatton, Heden to Toowoomba before reaching Brisbane in the Depths of the economic crisis of 1930.”

First Published in 1982 by Boolarong Publications, small paperback, 102 pages. Cover well-worn, some brown spotting, but good clean text and photos throughout.