The Little Black Princess

The Little Black Princess

By: Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn)

The Little Black Princess was written by Mrs Gunn in 1905 after living on 'Elsey Station', the cattle station managed by her husband in Australia's Northern Territory for a year.

The Little Black Princess tells the story a young Aboriginal girl, Bett-Bett, the neice of the local Aboriginal 'King' who is partially adopted by Mrs Gunn. The book is quite short but gives an insight into Aboriginal culture, beliefs and stories as well as station life in the early 1900's.