Caterina Macri, who spoke no English, was pregnant and newly arrived on a boat from Europe when she started camping in the Australian bush with her husband and two young sons.

Her daughter Lena Elliott is getting ready to tell her story in a book “Bread on the Table”.

This is the first of several history pieces I will post about people starting new farming ventures in the Great Southern region where I now work.

The Great Southern Weekender, August 13, 2015