Book description
Newly married, Jeannie Gunn accompanies her husband to 'The Elsey',
the huge cattle station in the Northern Territory, several hundred
miles from the nearest town.
She is one of the few white women in the area and her presence is at
first resented by the stockmen until her warmth and spirit win their
affection and respect. This is one of the few autobiographies written
by a woman to chronicle the life of the pioneers of the outback. In
the style of the bush storyteller, Mrs Gunn conveys with moving
simplicity the beauty and cruelty of the land, and the isolation and
loneliness, comradeship and kindness of the early settlers.
