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This listing is the complete list of works addressed in Mortal Tides, a survey of crime and surfing. Compiled by Lacey Walker, it should be read in conjunction with Mortal Tides.
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Title of Work | Author/ Director | Form | Year | Included Crimes/ Themes |
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Novels | ||||
The Empty Beach | Peter Corris | Novel | 1983 | Murder, Drug Use, Underworld |
River of Salt | Dave Warner | Novel | 2019 | Murder |
Lethal Tide | Beth Prentice | Novel | 2018 | Murder |
Deadly Wipeout | Beth Prentice | Novel | 2016 | Murder, Imprisonment, Money |
Dead Man's Float | Roger Vaughan Carr | Novel | 1973 | Drug use, Drug smuggling, Gang relations |
Puberty Blues | Kathy Lee, Gabrielle Carey |
Novel |
1979 | Drug use, Sexual assault |
Blood Brothers | Peter Corris | Novel | 2007 | Manslaughter, Drug use |
The Lost Boys | Sam De Brito | Novel | 2008 | Drug use |
The Life: A Novel | Malcolm Knox | Novel | 2011 | Murder, Drug Use, Alcoholism |
Raw Blue | Kirsty Eagar | Novel | 2009 | Rape, Sexual assault, Imprisonment |
No Man's Land | Roland Fishman | Novel | 2014 | Terrorism, Kidnapping, Violent assault, Gang relations |
Crew | Tony McGowan | Novel | 1995 | Drug use, Sexual assault |
The Trusted | John M. Green | Novel | 2013 | Terrorism, Population control, Environmental crime |
The Tao Deception | John M. Green | Novel | 2016 | Assassination, Money, Theft |
Deadly Group Down Under | Patrick Morgan | Novel | 1970 | Military infiltration, Spies |
The Girl in the Telltale Bikini | Patrick Morgan | Novel | 1971 | Military infiltration (Navy), Spies |
Surf School | Laurine Croasdale | Novel | 2007 | Hit and Run |
Blue | Pat Grant | Novel | 2012 | Murder |
Non-Fiction | ||||
My Brother's Keeper | Angela Kamper, Charles Miranda | Biography (about the Bra Boys) | 2006 | Murder, Rape, Gang relations, Underworld |
The Pretty Girl Killer | Andrew Byrne | Biography (about Christopher Wilder) | 2019 | Serial Killing, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault |
TC: Tom Carroll | Nick Carroll | Biography | 2013 | Drug Use |
MP: The Life of Michael Peterson | Sean Doherty | Biography | 2004 | Drug Use |
Occy: The Rise and Fall of Mark Occhilupo | Mark Occhilupo, Tim Baker | Autobiography | 2008 | Drug Use |
Bra Boy: Surfer, Fighter, Larrikin | Richie 'Vas' Vaculik | Autobiography | 2016 | Violent assault, Gang relations, Imprisonment, Alcoholism |
Film | ||||
The Empty Beach | writ. Keith Dewhurst, dir. Chris Thomson | Film (Adaption of the Peter Corris novel) | 1985 | Violent assault, Gang relations, Imprisonment, Alcoholism |
Blackrock | writ. Nick Enright, dir. Steven Vidler | Film (Based on the play) | 1996 | Murder, Rape, Sexual assault |
Summer City | writ. Phillip Avalon, dir. Chris Fraser | Film | 1977 | Violent Assault |
The Surfer | writ. David Marsh, dir. Frank Shields | Film | 1986 | Murder, Gang relations |
The Finder | writ. Phillip Avalon, dir. Frank Shields | Film | 2001 | Murder, Kidnapping, Drug use |
Foreshadow | writ. Krisztian Lippert, dir. Carmelo Musca | Film | 2013 | Murder |
Drift | writ. Morgan O'Neill, dir. Ben Nott | Film | 2013 | Drug use, Violent assault, Gang relations |
Caught Inside | writ. Joe Veilkovsky, Matthew Tomaszewski, dir. Adam Blaiklock | Film | 2010 | Violent assault |
Point Break | writ. Rick King, W. Peter Iliff, dir. Kathryn Bigelow | Film | 1991 | Bank Robbery, Gang relations |
Down the Wrong Path | writ. Tom De Souza, dir. Philip Gostelow | Short Film | 2018 | Drug Use |
Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water | writ. & dir. Sunny Abberton | Documentary Film | 2007 | Violent assault, Gang relations, Imprisonment, drug smuggling |
TV Series | ||||
Puberty Blues | writ. Fiona Seres, Alice Bell, Tony McNamara, dir. Emma Freeman, Glendyn Ivin, Sean Kruck | TV Series (Adaption of the novel) | 2012-2014 | Drug use, Sexual assault |
Animal Kingdom | writ, David Michod, dir. Jonathan Lisco | TV Series | 2016-present | Bank robbery, Drug use, Gang relations, Theft, Imprisonment, Money |
Bite Club | writ. John Ridley, Sarah Smith, dir. Peter Andrikidis, Geoff Bennett, Wayne Blair, Jennifer Leacey | TV Series | 2018 | Murder, Serial killing |
Home & Away | (Written and directed by various) | TV Series | 1988-present | Murder, drug use, Rape, sexual assault, Violent assault, Gang relations, Drug smuggling, Kidnapping, Abortion, Arson, Child abuse, Cyberbullying, Domestic violence, Drink driving, Gambling, Hit-and-runs, Incestual relations, Paedophilia, Prostitution, Shootings, Stabbings, Suicide |
Angry Boys | writ. & dir. Chris Lilley | TV Series (mockumentary) | 2011 | Violent Assault, Gang relations |
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