The stockmen feel some mixed remorse, acknowledging their role in his death. Believing that he has been affected by a singing curse Eye passes away. Later, Bett-Bett goes on walkabout and Google Eye becomes ill and feverish. The stockmen, however, interrupt the "heathen" dance, shooting and shouting "God save King Edward". At one point, Goggle Eye, an elder Aboriginal male, allows her to watch an Aboriginal dance. Over time Jeannie gains the respect of the Aboriginal people and they slowly open up to her. Jeannie even takes a semi-orphaned mixed-heritage child called Bett-Bett under her wing, much to the dismay of her husband. As a result, she spends more time with the locals, since she longs to learn and understand more about their ways. She is asked not to help a feverish yet dying man, or to interfere with the balance of things, or to give the Aboriginal people goods meant for the working men. However, as time passes, things improve at the station - the house is expanded, a new Chinese cook arrives, a garden is planted, as well as her belongings finally arrive from Melbourne.īut boredom sets in as she assumes her place - that of the station master's wife. However the trip is difficult for her, riding side-saddle, she is also nearly attacked by a rogue bull.
Later, Aeneas goes on a cattle muster and asks Jeannie to come along, which she does gladly. However, Jeannie is sympathetic, often giving them food, or trying to stop domestic disputes. Her husband and the other white men treated the local people (and Chinese workers) as inferior to them, often regarding them as lazy, indifferent, as well as unreliable. While her husband was away with the other men herding the cattle, Jeannie begins making friends with the Aboriginal people.
However, Jeannie was determined to prove them wrong. As such, they were both wary of her and made fun of her when both she and her husband arrived. Some of the drovers were unhappy at first because they believed that the bush is no place for a white woman. Following her marriage to Aeneas Gunn who has just bought a 1 million acre cattle station near Mataranka, called Elsey Station, Jeannie follows him from Melbourne in 1902. The film focuses on the life of Jeannie, an educated woman from the upper-middle class of society, and her story of adapting to life in the outback of Australia.
It was nominated for five AFI awards and earned one award for best cinematography. It is based on the 1908 autobiographical novel We of the Never Never by Jeannie Gunn. We of the Never Never is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Igor Auzins and starring Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, John Jarratt, and Tony Barry.
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