First edition. Lyle Courtney, the youngest of eight siblings, was born into a comparatively well-off family in Maryborough, a Victorian goldfields town, during The Great Depression. Set against an ever-changing background of the beauty, wonders and vagaries of nature, Our Houseless Home is a warts and all narrative portraying the challenging and whimsical lifestyle of a poverty-stricken family making do in those hard times. A true story of optimism, resourcefulness, loyalty and love. pp. viii, 279 Illustrated #280316