Looking for australian book set in outback possibly 19th century?

Question

Young newly married couple set off by train to outback to settle.

Meet with experienced stockman who is very concerned for their naivety and takes them under his wing.

Husband dies (I think) Its been many years since I read it.

Cant remember title or author sorry.

Regards

Pam

Answer 1

It's probably, "We of the Never Never" an autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn.

Although published as a novel, it is an account of the author's experiences in 1902 at Elsey Station near Mataranka, Northern Territory in which she changed the names of people to obscure their identities. She published this book under the pen name Mrs Aeneas Gunn.

Mrs Gunn was the first white woman to settle in the area. Her husband was a partner in Elsey cattle station on the Roper River, some 300 miles (483 km) south of Darwin. On 2 January 1902 the couple sailed for Port Darwin so that he could take up his role as the station's new manager. In Palmerston (Darwin), Mrs Gunn was discouraged from accompanying her husband to the station on the basis that as a woman she would be 'out of place' on a station such as the Elsey. However, she travelled south and her book describes the journey and settling in. However on 16 March 1903 Aeneas died of malarial dysentery and Jeannie returned to Melbourne shortly afterwards.

Answer 2

We of the Never Never by Jeanie Gunn

There was also a feature movie made of the same title.