Born: Established: 1961 East Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender:
Male
AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2018 runner up Tom Collins Poetry Prize for 'Barney Embraces Technology'.
Awards for Works
-
y
The Drowning Dream
South Fremantle
:
Fremantle Press
,
1998
Z373233
1998
single work
novel
historical fiction
'William Webber simply wants to set the record straight. At ninety-six he has a rare medical ailment, suffers a recurring watery nightmare, and knows a thing or two about history. After all, he was there for a bit of it himself. Back in 1920, the young Webber finds himself in a boys' own adventure story, far from home, on the trail of mystery and romance. The dangerous cut-throat world of pearling, a mad hermit in the mangroves, a voyage on a death boat - the stuff of a young man's dreams. But nothing is as it seems, and in the real world there are no simple answers, no untarnished heroes, and no neat endings.' Source: book jacket.
Last amended 28 Feb 2019 12:02:57
