Ruth Park

Wombat is very cute and charming, but, unfortunately, he can not find a friend, even though he wants it wholeheartedly. One day he gets in a tense situation by chance, which helps him to get a long-awaited friend a mischievous mouse. The two of them will have exciting adventures.

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian television by the Ten Network in 1987. It continues the story of the Darcy family, living in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Originally a novel by New Zealand-born Australian author Ruth Park, the book was published in 1949. The Darcys a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock - Mumma (Anne Phelan), dad Hughie (Martyn Sanderson), Roie (Anna Hruby) and the younger daughter Dolour (Kaarin Fairfax), through whose eyes we hear their story.

We first meet The Darcys, a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock through whose eyes we hear their story. A story that centres on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, razor gangs, brothels and sly-grog shops of inner city Sydney.

1873년의 시드니에서는 장티푸스가 돌고 있었다. 신통력의 소유자 도로시 빅토리아는 장티푸스 치료법을 배우기 위해 백년 후에 태어날 자신의 손녀를 과거로 끌어들인다. 그러나 에비는 가정을 버리고 새 애인을 따라 집나간 아빠와 남편을 잊지 못하는 엄마의 방황 사이에서 갈등하는 소녀이다. 이런 에비 일가에 어느 날, 행복의 요정 베티 보우(Beatie Bow: 모체 필립스 분)가 나타나는데...