 Upon their arrival in Queensland, the Queales set up residence at Gayndah in a house to which Anderson fleetingly refers in "Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories" as "the Old Barn".Coming from a family of farmers, Charles Queale acquired a veterinarian's certificate and took up a position in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock.Anderson's mother, Alice Queale (1879–1968), was born in England, and emigrated to Queensland with her family at the age of three.