Since then five generations of children have been enchanted by this story which has sold well over a million copies, been reprinted over forty times and translated into ten languages. Now, ninety years after it was written, Seven Little Australians is published for the first time in a fine illustrated edition. The sensitive watercolours of Sandra Laroche, with their meticulous attentions to detail, faithfully recreate the period and add a further dimension to Ethel Turner's seven lively characters.