We of the Never Never

We of the Never Never
AuthorJeannie Gunn, writing under the name of Mrs Aeneas Gunn
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLife in the bush in Australia in the early 20th century
Set inNorthern Territory, Australia
Publication date
1908
Publication placeAustralia
ISBN0 09 148321 2

We of the Never Never is an autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn first published in 1908. Although published as a novel, it is an account of the author's experiences in 1902 at Elsey Station near Mataranka, Northern Territory in which she changed the names of people to obscure their identities. She published the book under the name Mrs Aeneas Gunn, using her husband's first and last name. Over the years, newspapers and magazine articles chronicled the fortunes of the Elsey characters. Jeannie outlived all but Bett-Bett.[1]

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