| 词条 | We of the Never Never |
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| italic title = | name = We of the Never Never | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | author = Jeannie Gunn | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = | set_in = | publisher = | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = | pages = | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }}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 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.[1] BackgroundGunn was the first white woman to settle in the Mataranka area. Her husband Aeneas was a partner in Elsey cattle station on the Roper River, some 483 km (300 miles) 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), Gunn was discouraged from accompanying her husband to the station on the basis that as a woman she would be "out of place" on a station such as the Elsey. However, she travelled south and her book describes the journey and settling in. On 16 March 1903 Aeneas died of malarial dysentery and Jeannie returned to Melbourne shortly afterwards.[1] Publication historyWe of the Never Never was first published in London by Hutchinson after being rejected by six publishers[2]. It was translated into German in 1927.[1] By 1945, 320,000 copies of the book had been sold. This novel, together with her other book, was adapted for Australian schools.[1] By 1990 over a million copies of the book had been sold.[3]SignificanceThe book is regarded as being significant as a precursor of the 1930s landscape writers. Already in 1908 Australia was a significantly urbanised country and the book was seen to provide symbols of things that made Australia different from anywhere else, underwriting an Australian legend of life and achievement in the outback, where "men and a few women still lived heroic lives in rhythm with the gallop of a horse" in "forbidding faraway places".[3] In 1988 the book was referred to as a "minor masterpiece of Australian letters" by Penguin’s New Literary History of Australia.[4] FilmThe book was made into a film also called We of the Never Never in 1982 and shot on location in the Northern Territory - the setting of the novel. CharactersNotable people who appear as characters in the book include:
Elsey cemeteryA number of characters from the book We of the Never Never are buried at the small bush Elsey Cemetery near Mataranka.[6] The turnoff to the cemetery is around 12 km to the south of Mataranka to the east off the main Stuart Highway. (The turnoff, which is signposted, is a little to the south of the junction of the Stuart Highway and the Roper Highway). The Elsey cemetery is several km along the road (at location 15.079° S and 133.122° E). The cemetery itself is close to the location of the original Elsey station described in We of the Never Never. References1. ^1 2 3 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= O'Neill |first= Sally |year= 1983 |id= A090134b |title= Gunn, Jeannie (1870 - 1961) |accessdate= 2008-01-11}} 2. ^ {{cite web | last = AustLit | year = n.d. | url = https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C94404 | title = We of the Never Never | accessdate = 2017-08-03}} 3. ^1 {{cite web | last = Forrest | first = Peter | year = 1990 | url = http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/10070/153115/1/occpaper18.pdf| title = They of the Never Never | format = pdf - 14 pages | work = Occasional Papers (no 18) | publisher = Northern Territory Library Service | accessdate = 2018-12-31}} 4. ^{{cite news |first= Alan |last= Ramsey |authorlink= Alan Ramsey |title= Fighting for the Never Never |url= http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2@paradigm4.com.au/msg00471.html |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald (print) - transcript at The Mail Archive |date= 10 April 1999 |accessdate= 2008-01-11}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131204571 |title=PASSING BY |newspaper=News |volume=XXVIII, |issue=4,245 |location=South Australia |date=1 March 1937 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^[https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g494973-d12631116-Reviews-Elsey_Cemetery_National_Reserve-Mataranka_Top_End_Northern_Territory.html Elsey Cemetery National Reserve]. External links
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