We of the never never / by Jeanie Gunn.
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TextSeries: Australian classicsPublisher: Sydney : The Shepherd Moon Education Technology, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 393 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780648509813; 0648509818Subject(s): Gunn, Aeneas, Mrs, 1870-1961 -- Fiction | Frontier and pioneer life -- Northern Territory -- Elsey Station -- Fiction | Ranch life -- Northern Territory -- Elsey Station -- Fiction | Australian fiction -- 20th century | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory | Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory | Aboriginal Australians | Frontier and pioneer life | Manners and customs | Elsey Station (N.T.) -- Fiction | Australia -- Social conditions -- 1901-1945 -- Fiction | Northern Territory -- Social life and customs | Northern TerritoryGenre/Form: Autobiographical fiction. DDC classification: A823.2 Summary: This 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 this 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. We of the Never Never is a classic of Australian literature by Jeannie Gunn, depicting the enduring hardships of life in the Australian outback and exploring Australian themes relating to the love of the land, enduring comradeship and the fight against prejudice. The novel provides symbols of what made the country different from anywhere else, underwriting the Australian legend of life.
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This 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 this 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. We of the Never Never is a classic of Australian literature by Jeannie Gunn, depicting the enduring hardships of life in the Australian outback and exploring Australian themes relating to the love of the land, enduring comradeship and the fight against prejudice. The novel provides symbols of what made the country different from anywhere else, underwriting the Australian legend of life.
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