The secret river
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The secret river
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Main title
The secret river
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912213437
Summary
In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand.But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight years later Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury to claim a hundred acres for himself. Aboriginal people already live on that river. And other recent arrivals Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring are finding their own ways to respond to them. Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, soon has to make the most difficult choice of his life
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- Hawkesbury River Region (N.S.W.) -- History -- Drama
- Convicts -- Australia -- Drama
- Prisoners -- Australia -- Drama
- Penal colonies -- Australia -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- History -- Drama
- Grenville, Kate, 1950- -- Film adaptations
- Aboriginal collection
- Freedom -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians + Race relations -- Drama
- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Drama
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851 -- Drama
- Squatter settlements -- Australia -- Drama
- New South Wales + Hawkesbury River Region -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of + History -- Drama
- Television adaptations
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- Contributor10
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- Hawkesbury River Region (N.S.W.) -- History -- Drama
- Convicts -- Australia -- Drama
- Prisoners -- Australia -- Drama
- Penal colonies -- Australia -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- History -- Drama
- Grenville, Kate, 1950- -- Film adaptations
- Aboriginal collection
- Freedom -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians + Race relations -- Drama
- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Drama
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851 -- Drama
- Squatter settlements -- Australia -- Drama
- New South Wales + Hawkesbury River Region -- Drama
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of + History -- Drama
- Television adaptations
- Content1
- Related to1
- Mapped to1