Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Travel Mary and Mohammad Mandy Stroebel

Mary and Mohammad Mandy Stroebel

They hide from the world and each other for seven years

Feathered Alphabet (2023) (Tasmanian Literary Awards short list) and Too Many Tigers (2024) (CBCA Notable and Tasmanian Literary Awards long list)

The first sting in the tale of his life trajectory

But until the age of 15 Welby could neither read nor write

Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Travel Mary and Mohammad Mandy StroebelThe story of Billy Gadd, a Tasmanian World War I boy soldier. Its not known how many under aged Tasmanian lads signed on for the Great War, but Sandra Stubbings great uncle Billy Gadd from Queenstown was one of them. He signed on in 1915 at just 16 years of age. Just three years earlier Billys father, Albert had been recognised as a national hero for his actions in the North Mount Lyell mining disaster. Sadly, Albert died in 1913, his death hastened