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1940 was a productive year for Elizabeth Durack. In Sydney during the first year of her marriage and awaiting the birth of her first child she was also writing daily and collaborating with Mary in Perth; preparing illustrations for The Way of the Whirlwind; producing a weekly strip, Nungulla and Jungulla, for The Sunday Telegraph; creating illustrations and arranging the production of Piccaninnies — a light–hearted book of verse with double–page spreads of drawings.  

The popularity of Piccaninnies has been enduring. Elizabeth would sometimes lament:
“It’s all anyone wants …” 
Nellie Melba had a comparable remark about the popularity of her “Home Sweet Home".