Eve Pownall

Accounts of the lives of Australian pioneer women

These sttories are wriiten simply so intermediate readers should have no problems. A great way for children to learn about Australia's history, the stories in this book are divided into the four elements of Earth ('A terribe Journey'; Outback Surgery; Missing at Christmas), Air (Mountain Drama; Fury on the Wind), Fire (Colony in Flames; Inferno on Tuesday) and Water (Hurricane in the North; High Water over Brisbane; So Close to Home).