Author Biography
D.R.Gauvin was born at Winton, the birthplace of Waltzing Matilda, grew up in Sydney and Toowoomba, and now lives in Cairns, near the Great Barrier Reef. The author is better known as the creator of an on-going series of oil paintings on an epic theme of Australia's pioneers. The first group of these paintings was exhibited in 1985, at Los Angeles, La Jolla, and San Francisco. 123 images from this series have been published in four hardcover books. A second novel - set on a 19th century sugar plantation of North Australia - is in progress.
