by David Murray
Todd Fuller QC, Crown prosecutor. News Ltd/Newspix
Rally in King George Square, Brisbane, on 18 December 2015. Yellow, Allison’s favourite colour, features prominently in fundraisers and events that commemorate her life. David Murray
Acknowledgements
During the preparation of this book, an enormous number of people shared their recollections and in various ways gave support. Even though many have asked not to be named, I would like to acknowledge the generosity of those who gave their time, expertise, knowledge and insights. I am extremely grateful to my employers and colleagues at The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail for their support and encouragement. A special thanks to those at Random House involved in this book, for their patience, guidance and belief in this story. Most of all, I am grateful beyond words to my partner, Catriona, for being there through many a long day and night.
Notes
Scout’s honour
1 See www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-listener.htm, citing the pages of the 10th Fife (Cupar) Scout Group in Scotland.
Meet the Clays
1 Ethel Nimmo, Asst Region Commissioner (Qld), Guiding in Australia, April 1982, p. 13, cited in www.spanglefish.com/OlaveBadenPowell/index.asp?pageid=531598
2 Ibid. See also Robin Clay, www.guidingworks.com/resources/history/olavememory.html and www.stacycordery.com/juliette-gordon-low/serendipity-the-baden-powells/
3 Robin Clay, www.guidingworks.com/resources/history/olavememory.html
4 http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-family-tree-500-years.htm
5 Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896, Maria Mitchell Life, Letters and Journals, cited on http://pinetreeweb.com. A digital reproduction is available from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University, Women and work collection.
6 Obituary, Betty Clay, The Independent, www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/betty-clay-6169960.html
7 Jim Mackie, ‘Life with Mum and Dad’ (interview with Betty Clay), The Canadian Leader, 1975, a facsimile of the article appears at http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/9486/documents/documents/life%20with%20mum%20and%20dad/life%20with%20mum%20and%20dad.pdf. See also www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/index.asp?pageid=158940 and http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aHCZzR37AfUJ:www.achilles.org/ftp/annual/1998.pdf+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=safari
8 Jim Mackie, op cit.
9 Ibid.
10 www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/index.asp?pageid=158939
11 www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/index.asp?pageid=158957. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Clay and www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/index.asp?pageid=158945
12 Ibid.
13 Nigel Baden-Clay, eulogy for Gervas Clay, May 2009, www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/index.asp?pageid=158939
14 Ibid.
15 Interview with author.
16 Ethel Nimmo, op. cit.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Africa/conversations/topics/1571?var=1
20 Ethel Nimmo, op. cit.
Schoolboy
1 Toowoomba Grammar School Magazine, 1987.
Boom
Figures in this chapter are from the Johnston Dixon Report 2008/09.
Toni McHugh
1 Allison Baden-Clay cited that date in a counselling session.
Flood
Information in this chapter is from the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry report.
David Murray lives in Brisbane with his partner and their two sons. He has been a journalist since 1997, has won awards for news and investigative reporting and is a former Europe correspondent for News Corp. He is currently Crime and Courts Editor for The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail.
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