Queensland Lords - Edward & Eliza Lord's Colonial Family by Janet Spillman
Edward & Eliza Lord came to Moreton Bay in 1844, arriving as the remote convict outpost was opened to free settlement.Members of Lancashire merchant families, they had invested their inheritances in NSWlands and a Sydney merchant firm, just before the drought and crash of 1841. They moved north to rebuild their fortunes, settling at Kangaroo Point before moving to the Darling Downs to start new commercial interests.