Gunn is an acute observer throughout the book, in it and yet not in it, as she shares the stories of those around her. Each place is made a character in itself, from the tiny settlement of Katherine which they pass through on the way to their new home, to the cattle station itself. Gunn talks of the loneliness and hardships she endured in the isolation of her cattle station home, she does so with such beauty and poetry that I wanted to be there. But we who have lived in it, and loved it, and left it, know that our hearts can Never-Never rest away from it.Įven when Mrs. Others-the unfitted-will tell you that it is so called because they who succeed in getting out of it swear they will Never-Never return to it. Sadly enough, there are too many who Never-Never do leave it. The outback, she explains in her prelude, is nicknamed the Never-Neverīecause they who have lived in it and loved it, Never-Never voluntarily leave it. Gunn writes about being the only white woman in a remote area. With poetic language and gentle humour, Mrs. Aeneas Gunn’s year (1902) in the outback of the Northern Territory after she marries the boss of a large cattle station. We of the Never-Never is the story of Mrs. Question asked: if a fellow passenger damages something of yours, should you request that they pay for the damage or say nothing in the interest of maintaining a peaceful atmosphere for the duration of the tour?) Lesson learned: never lend a book to a person whom you don’t know will treat it with the same care you would. The front cover was creased and lined from being folded around to the back. At our stop that night, she returned it to me. She read it that night in our underground hostel in Coober Pedy and the next day while the bus rolled southward through the flat, never-changing outback. I raved about this Australian classic I’d discovered and offered to lend it to her. (On the bus tour from Alice Springs to Adelaide, an Irish girl complained about the fact that she’d finished reading all her books and couldn’t fall asleep without a book to read. North American Martyrs Kids Activity Book.
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