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Jeannie Gunn

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in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia

June 05, 1870

Died

June 09, 1961

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We of the Never Never is an autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn. 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 pen name Mrs Aeneas Gunn.

Mrs Gunn was the first white woman to settle in the area. Her husband was a partner in Elsey cattle station on the Roper River, some 300 miles (483 km) south of Darwin. On 2 January 1902 the couple sailed for Port Darwin so that he could take up his role as the station's new manager. In Palmerston (Darwin), Mrs Gunn was discouraged from accompanying her husband to the station on the basis that as a woman she would ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 1,752 ratings · 173 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	We of the Never Never 3.66 avg rating — 1,625 ratings — published 1907 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Black Princess 3.64 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2009 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We of the Never-Never and The Little Black Princess 3.47 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Black Princess: A True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	We of the Never-Never, by Mr. Neas Gunn; with Illustrations from Photographs 1907 Leather Bound 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When the heart is happy it forgets to grow old.”
― Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never

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“...for although necessity may be the mother of invention, she more often brings thankful hearts into this world.”
― Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never

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“In life we generally find in our fellow-men just what we seek; and the Maluka, seeking only the good, found only the good, and drew much of it into his own sympathetic, sunny nature. He demanded the best and was given the best, and while with him, men found they were better men than at other times.”
― Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never

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