The Mallee: Rose changes her name but not her attitude.

The Mallee: nothing is ever as it seems.

A streetwise opportunist escapes despair and abuse in the big city by seeking opportunities in the mallee. Rose changes her name but not her attitude when she discovers wealth and privilege ripe for the taking from the influential Dowerin family of the mallee.

She uses her cunning to win the heart of the son and when he is elected to the federal electorate of Mallee, she agrees to marry him, beginning a family.

She enjoys her privileged position, but t...