My mother was born in Australia, near Sidney
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of / 1000000 round 0 million is highly urbanised and
Robert Dudley Adams
Robert Dudley Sidney Powys Adams, born Robert Dudley Sidney Powys Herbert, 
(9 July 1829 – 5 April 1912), was a businessman, journalist author and littérateur in colonial Australia.
Early life and family.
Adams was born on board the Rotterdam packet, in which his mother was travelling to England. He was for a time private secretary to the Hon. Sidney Herbert, the popular War Minister. He had a short career in the Royal Navy, and studied law for a time