We of the Never Never (1908) is an autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn. Based on her experience accompanying her husband Aeneas to the remote cattle station of Elsey, Gunns novel is a fascinating masterpiece of Australian literature that explores the landscape of the continents Northern Territory while depicting the tense relationship between white settlers and the Aboriginal people they displaced. Sympathetic and utterly human, Gunns voice is a testament to her bravery as the first woman to settle in the Mataranka area, where she lived for just over a year until her husbands tragic death from malaria. "To begin somewhere near the beginning, the Malukabetter known at that time as the new Boss for the Elseyand I, his missus, were at Darwin, in the Northern Territory, waiting for the train that was to take us just as far as it couldone hundred and fifty mileson our way to the NeverNever. It was out of town just then, upcountry somewhere, billabonging in true bushwhacker style, but was expected to return in a day or two, when it would be at our service." Determined to follow her husband wherever he goes, "little Missus" braves the harsh trek to the distant cattle station where he has been appointed overseer. Over hundreds of miles on horseback, they observe for the first time the natural beauty of some of the wildest landscapes on Earth. Although the local cattle drovers are initially wary of her presence, the narrator proves herself as a courageous and hardworking woman,...

Binding: Paperback;216 pages; Publisher: Mint Editions; Classification: FRH; Weight: 360.4 g; Dimensions: 203 x 127

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