Title The secret river / Kate Grenville

Published Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2005 Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2005

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Description 334 pages : maps ; 25 cm regular print Summary William Thornhill along with his wife Sal and their children arrive in the harsh land of New South Wales. It is the year 1806 and William has been transported for the term of his natural life. Eight years later William and his family lay claim to a hundred acres up the Hawkesbury. Aboriginal people already live there and other newly arrived settlers are finding their own ways to respond to them. William finds he soon has to make a very difficult choice that will affect his life Analysis Australian fiction Historical fiction Notes Maps on end papers Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2006 shortlist Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2006 winner Subject Prisoners -- Fiction. Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Fiction. Penal colonies -- Fiction. Liberty -- Fiction. Australian fiction -- 21st century. Transportation. Prisoners -- Australia -- History -- Fiction. Squatter settlements. Land tenure -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Fiction. Squatters -- Australia -- History. Australian fiction. Prisoners -- Australia -- Fiction. Penal colonies -- Australia -- Fiction. Squatter settlements -- Australia -- Fiction. Aboriginal Australians -- Relations with Whites -- Fiction SUBJECT Hawkesbury River Region (N.S.W.) -- History -- Fiction Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Australia -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100473 Hawkesbury River district, New South Wales -- History New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Historical fiction. Australian fiction Historical fiction. History. Australian fiction LC no. 2006365651 ISBN 9781920885755 : 1920885757 :

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