Mr Brierley, at the age of five, was begging at a train station in west India with his older brother.
He became lost and boarded a train home. The train was going in the wrong direction. He fell asleep and woke up 10 hours later on the other side of the country.
For a month, he tried to find his way back, almost drowning in the River Ganges and nearly being abducted by a man who intended to sell him as a slave.
He eventually was declared a lost child and placed in an orphanage before being adopted by Tasmanian parents. Mr Brierley now helps run their family industrial supplies business, Brierley Hose and Handling.
Mr Brierley said he never forgot where he came from and, three weeks ago, he returned to India find his family.
The memories helped him track down his family. For the past 10 years, Mr Brierley has scrolled the internet for clues.
He used Google Earth, spending hours upon hours zooming in and out looking for things he might recognize.
He remembered the Khandwa train station and surrounding area, which he eventually found on Google Earth.
He then joined a Facebook group for his home town Ganesh Talai and managed to piece together the details by emailing members of the group. He booked his plane ticket and went to the town, scouring streets until he found his family.
– via google earth blog