Mataranka Attractions

Mataranka (pop. 150), a supply point for local cattle stations and passing tourists. Near here is Elsey Station, the setting in 1902-03 of Jeannie Gunn's famous book We of the Never Never, which depicts life in the remote outback. Her husband, the station manager, died in 1903 and was buried in the Never Never cemetery, after which his widow returned to Melbourne and wrote her book, which became the subject of a film, shot here in 1981.