born on 12 January 1894 at Wellington in New Zealand; came to Australia in 1914,
settling in Sydney, New South Wales.
My name is Dorothy Wall and I represent ‘Nature’s gifts’ because I wrote
and illustrated stories about Blinkie Bill, the koala, which have become classics of
Australian children’s literature. A collection of my stories, called The Complete
Adventures of Blinky Bill, was first published in 1939.
1901-2001 Centenary of
Federation