We Of The Never-Never
$17.62
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2008
Summary
In 1902, newly-married Jeannie Gunn left the security and comfort of her Melbourne home to travel to the depths of the Northern Territory, where her husband had been appointed manager of The Elsey, a large cattle station. One of the very few white women in the area, she was at first resented by people on and around the station, till her warmth and spirit won their affection and respect. She had an unerring ear and eye for the sounds and sights of the country; and this is her moving and simple…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741667622 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1741667623 |
| Author: | Aeneas Gunn |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Aeneas Gunn
Aeneas Gunn was the author of We of the Never-Never, published in 1908. During and after World War I she worked tirelessly to support the servicemen of Monbulk, Victoria who she referred to as “my boys.” She was awarded an OBE in 1939, “in recognition of her services to Australian Literature and to the disabled soldiers and their dependents.” In 1948 she began to work on a book recording all the details of the volunteers from Monbulk who had served in the Boer War, the Boxer Rebellion and World War I.
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