Southern Rainbow
First edition | |
| Author | Phyllis Piddington |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Noela Young |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical Fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 206 |
| ISBN | 0195543106 |
Southern Rainbow is a 1982 children's historical novel by Phyllis Piddington about an English family who emigrated to Australia in 1837.
It is Piddington’s only novel, written at the age of 72, thirteen years after her retirement from teaching. Although the book had limited circulation, it was adapted into the animated series Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow even before its publication, which became significantly more popular.