On Robert George Ford's (Thomas's son) birth certificate, Thomas's place of birth is given simply as Mount Blowhard, Victoria. However, there are two Mount Blowhards in Victoria:
Mount Blowhard, Blowhard VIC 3352, Australia
Mount Blowhard, Hotham Heights VIC 3741, Australia
Given that Blowhard VIC 3352 is in the area of Ballarat and that the Victorian gold rush was between1851 and the late 1860s (Thomas was born 1859), I would say that this is Thomas's more likely place of birth.
