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Never Just a Wife: Life with a Drover on the Australian Long Paddock
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2026
About the author
T. J. McKenzie
2 booksT. J. McKenzie is an Australian author with a passion for preserving the stories of ordinary people whose lives form part of our shared history.
His first book, Never Just a Wife: Life with a Drover on the Australian Long Paddock, tells the true story of Bev, who at seventeen chose a life on the road with a drover, raising a family while travelling the stock routes of Victoria and New South Wales.
His forthcoming book, From Northern Lights to the Southern Cross, turns to another Australian story — a Finnish family's journey from post-war Finland to a new life on the other side of the world.
Through family memories, historical records and personal stories, McKenzie writes about lives that might otherwise disappear from memory.
He lives in Victoria's Yarra Valley with his wife, Anne.
His first book, Never Just a Wife: Life with a Drover on the Australian Long Paddock, tells the true story of Bev, who at seventeen chose a life on the road with a drover, raising a family while travelling the stock routes of Victoria and New South Wales.
His forthcoming book, From Northern Lights to the Southern Cross, turns to another Australian story — a Finnish family's journey from post-war Finland to a new life on the other side of the world.
Through family memories, historical records and personal stories, McKenzie writes about lives that might otherwise disappear from memory.
He lives in Victoria's Yarra Valley with his wife, Anne.
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May 15, 2026
Never just a wife
An amazing story of resilience. A family always on the road, no hospitals for giving birth. A woman a mother and a wife.
An amazing story of resilience. A family always on the road, no hospitals for giving birth. A woman a mother and a wife.
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