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This lonely cemetery under the eucalyptuses is a poignant footnote to We of the Never Never, with so many of the larger-than-life characters from the book buried here, among them Aeneas Gunn (alongside a memorial to his wife), Henry Peckham, John MacLennan and Tom Pearce. The last remains of the homestead (destroyed during roadworks in the 1940s) lie 300m to the south near the end of the gravel track.
The cemetery is around 20km south of Mataranka and signposted off the Stuart Hwy.
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Outside the entrance to the Mataranka Homestead Resort is a replica of the Elsey Station Homestead, constructed for the filming of We of the Never Never,…
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This national park adjoins Mataranka's thermal-pool reserve and offers peaceful camping, fishing and walking along the Waterhouse and Roper Rivers. Bitter…
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In town, the Never Never Museum has displays on the northern railway, WWII and local history. You pay admission fees at the post office.
10.83 MILES
Outside the entrance to the Mataranka Homestead Resort is a replica of the Elsey Station Homestead, constructed for the filming of We of the Never Never,…
11.33 MILES
In town, the Never Never Museum has displays on the northern railway, WWII and local history. You pay admission fees at the post office.
11.71 MILES
This national park adjoins Mataranka's thermal-pool reserve and offers peaceful camping, fishing and walking along the Waterhouse and Roper Rivers. Bitter…