Threeways was purchased in July 2006 by Lexi Knight and Family and her brother Ben Knight and wife Emily Knight and Family.  Lexi and Bens’s mother Janet Knight (Weir) is the granddaughter of Charles and Cora Chalmers who have a  great pioneering history in Central Australia.

Charles Chalmers was a teacher and taught in many outback NSW schools before choosing a pastoral life for his family. In 1921 he, his wife, Cora, and their four children left Mungindi on the NSW/QLD border and travelled more than 2300km through QLD to Central Australia. Cora drove the horse-drawn covered wagon with Jessie (3) and Donald (6), while Charles drove 400 sheep, 13 horses and a few goats with the help of his older children Jean (11) and Mac (8) on horseback.

After a two-year trek they settled on land north of what is now known as the Plenty Highway, and the children in turn raised their families in the area.  This story has been written by Margaret Ford in her book “Beyond the Furthest Fences”.