▁born ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁August ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁at ▁C oot am und ra , ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁( NS W ). ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁brother , ▁Victor , ▁and ▁three ▁sister s — Is let , ▁L ilian ▁and ▁Elizabeth ▁May . ▁Brad man ▁was ▁of ▁English ▁her itage ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁his ▁family . ▁His ▁grand father ▁Charles ▁Andrew ▁Brad man ▁left ▁With ers field , ▁England ▁for ▁Australia . ▁When ▁Brad man ▁played ▁at ▁Cambridge ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁as ▁a ▁ 2 1 ▁year ▁old ▁on ▁his ▁first ▁tour ▁of ▁England , ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁trace ▁his ▁for eb ears ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁Also , ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁great - grand f athers ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁It ali ans ▁to ▁migr ate ▁to ▁Australia ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 . ▁Brad man ' s ▁parents ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁ham let ▁of ▁Ye o ▁Ye o , ▁near ▁Stock in bing al . ▁His ▁mother , ▁Em ily , ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁him ▁at ▁the ▁C oot am und ra ▁home ▁of ▁Gran ny ▁Sch ol z , ▁a ▁mid w ife . ▁That ▁house ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁Brad man ▁B irth place ▁Museum . ▁Em ily ▁had ▁ha iled ▁from ▁Mitt ag ong ▁in ▁the ▁NS W ▁Southern ▁High lands , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁when ▁Don ▁Brad man ▁was ▁about ▁two - and - a - half ▁years ▁old , ▁his ▁parents