In 1836 Mary Thomas, aged 49, abandoned her comfortable life and home in the centre of London for a tent in the sandhills of Holdfast Bay in the new colony of South Australia. MARY THOMAS: FOUNDING MOTHER is the story of her struggle to hold her family together through controversies and conflicts, economic difficulties and tragedy; a tale of endurance and ultimately of triumph against the odds. pp. viii, 303 Illustrated #280316 Pioneer South Australia