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We Of The Never Never & The Little Black Princess (Jeannie Gunn) - Book Review
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:19:03
Publish Date: 2021-07-02 18:45:00
Description:
What was Aussie bush life like back over 100 years ago?


'We Of The Never Never & The Little Black Princess' by Jeannie Gunn are 2 separate stories (combined into 1 book) of her recollections living in the remote bush at the Elsey Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. The first story is of her maturation into a dependable missus and the characteristics of the people living in the outback. The second story is of Bett-Bett, an aboriginal girl who lives on the homestead for a short period where Mrs Gunn learns of the bizarre and astounding aspects of aboriginal culture.


I summarised the book as follows. "It's decent writing and something completely new for me. I found it to be a pretty authentic view of Aussie bush culture, bush folk and of bush land. It gave me a new perspective of Aboriginal customs, both the ridiculous superstitious parts and the fun jovial parts. This book as a whole isn't a gamechanger, but I'm glad I read the two tales."


As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!


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Timeline:

(0:00) - Intro & Synopsis

(4:48) - Bush Folk: Blunt, hard & rough

(8:14) - Aborigine Culture: Superstitious & full of surprises

(14:30) - Personal Observations/Takeaways

(16:47) - Summary

(17:22) - Aussie Slang


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