"Roper River Jack" Ebook
Life on the Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia - during 1920's-30's
by by Helen Litchfield
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"GIRL OF 18 DISCOVERS CIVILISATION AFTER LIFE IN NEVER NEVER"
The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 14 January 1936
"GIRL WRITES FROM REMOTE ROPER RIVER - A Human Document"
"Would Not Leave Her Beautiful Northern Territory Home "For Paradise"
Here is an article that will disturb the complacency of people sitting peacefully at home in our big cities. It is a letter written by Ellen Margaret Hobley, a girl of 16, who has lived since childhood in the remote Roper River district of the Northern Territory. It took six weeks to reach us."
The Australian Women's Weekly, Saturday 16th December 1933
A must read!
Life on the Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia - 1920's - 1930's
The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 14 January 1936
"GIRL WRITES FROM REMOTE ROPER RIVER - A Human Document"
"Would Not Leave Her Beautiful Northern Territory Home "For Paradise"
Here is an article that will disturb the complacency of people sitting peacefully at home in our big cities. It is a letter written by Ellen Margaret Hobley, a girl of 16, who has lived since childhood in the remote Roper River district of the Northern Territory. It took six weeks to reach us."
The Australian Women's Weekly, Saturday 16th December 1933
A must read!
Life on the Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia - 1920's - 1930's
Features & Details
- Primary Category: History
- Version Fixed-layout ebook, 266 pgs
- Publish Date: Dec 03, 2012
- Last edit Dec 29, 2025
- Language English
- Keywords Roper, River, NT, Australia, Roper, River, Jack
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About the Creator
Helen Litchfield
Townsville, QLD, Australia
Helen Litchfield was in her mid nineties when she passed away and was brought up in the Northern Territory where she was the only white child within five hundred miles. She was Australia's first female aircraft designer and has worked in England and South Africa, travelled widely in Australia, lived on an orchard in outback Queensland. Helen enjoyed life, occasionally writing, by the sea side in Townsville.
