The Australian desert: for thousands of years the only changes here were made by the wind, the willy-willies and sometimes the rain.

Then a hundred years ago people from Europe settled in the desert and planted seeds from the other side of the world.

The Story of Rosy Dock is the story of one of the settlers who followed them, and her garden in the wilderness, a garden that is beautiful – but with an unexpected flowering.

• Australian Children’s Book Council Picture Book of the Year, Honour Book Award 1996; Australian Wilderness Society, Fiction Award for Children’s Books 1996; and, The American Library Association, Notable Book 1996
• The Story of Rosy Dock will have interest and relevance for teachers and students of Australian Studies, English, Environmental Studies, Geography, Media Studies, Science (General and Biology) and Studies of Society and Environment/Human Society and Its Environment.