The Little Black Princess: A True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land
by Jeannie Gunn
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About This Book
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 her married name of Mrs Aeneas Gunn. Over the years newspapers and magazine articles chronicled the fortunes of the Elsey characters; Jeannie outlived all but Bett-Bett.[1] In Melbourne, at the encouragement of friends, Jeannie Gunn began writing the books for which she would become famous. The ...
Chapters (17)
- The Little Black Princess
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- The Little Black Princess
- Chapter 1 Bett-Bett
- Chapter 2 “Shimy Shirts”
- Chapter 3 “Shut-Him-Eye Quick-Fellow”
- Chapter 4 “Me King Alright”
- Chapter 5 “Goodfellow Missus”
- Chapter 6 The “Debbil-Debbil” Dance
- Chapter 7 “Mumma A” And “Mumma B”
- Chapter 8 A “Walkabout”
- Chapter 9 The Coronation “Playabout”
- Chapter 10 “Looking-Out Lily-Root”
- Chapter 11 “Newfellow Piccaninny Boy”
- Chapter 12 Goggle Eye Sung “Deadfellow”
- Chapter 13 Bett-Bett Is “Bush-Hungry”
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