 Alan Queale rose to some renown in his own right as a prolific archivist, mostly of Australiana and artefacts of Queensland's history, and many of his collections remain in the State Library of Queensland and the National Library of Australia.Beyond the brief glimpses afforded by "Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories", little is known about Anderson's relationships with her two sisters, Joan and Patricia.Her eldest sister, Joan, died in her early forties, when Anderson was in her thirties, tragically leaving behind several young children.