Two Fat Ladies and Hercules Tom: The Story of the Australian Giant Family

Clara, Anna and Tom Snell, from Gippsland, travelled the world as the Australian Giant Family, and were acclaimed as the most famous and familiar figures in Australia during the late 1800s.
Following their 'discovery' in 1886 by Max Kreitmayer, proprietor of the Melbourne Waxworks, they appeared as 'prodigies' at various venues in America, Great Britain, South Africa, Ceylon and New Zealand.
As mature adults they had a combined body weight of over half a ton; (heavier than a Mini Minor a…