"Roper River Jack‪"‬

"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

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A must read!

Life on the Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia - 1920's - 1930's