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Peter Docker Peter Docker i(A89338 works by)
Born: Established: 1964 Narrogin, Narrogin - Pingelly area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Irish ; English
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1 Book Bite : Sweet One Peter Docker , 2014 extract novel (Sweet One)
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 32-33)
1 Nana Was Right Peter Docker , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: White Knuckle Ride 2014; (p. 73-91)
1 3 y separately published work icon Sweet One Peter Docker , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2014 6860684 2014 single work novel

'When a senior Aboriginal war veteran dies horribly at the hands of state government authorities, Izzy, a journalist and daughter of a war veteran herself, flies to the goldfields of Western Australia to cover his death. But Izzy is about to learn that for every action there is an equal and bloody reaction. On the trail of the vigilantes, she finds herself embedded in a secret war that is finally, irrevocably, going to explode to the surface.' (Publication summary)

1 10 y separately published work icon The Waterboys Peter Docker , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2011 Z1796965 2011 single work novel science fiction

'Conway inhabits an apocalyptic future in a continent caught up in a violent struggle for control of water. He is a whitefulla whose heart and spiritual connections are black.

'On the run from the Water Board flunkies who hate him but need his water divining skills to survive, Conway dreams his way back to the arrival of Europeans in Western Australia when Captain Charles Fremantle chooses to throw off the mantle of Empire and join the Nyoongar people.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Funeral Song Peter Docker , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: The Kid on the Karaoke Stage and Other Stories 2011; (p. 193-201)
1 y separately published work icon Captain Cool Guida, the Monster & the Girl : the Story of the Rock Hole Long Pipe Project Peter Docker , Dorothy Dimer , Perth : Community Arts Network WA , 2008 8528558 2008 single work information book Indigenous story

'The Rock Hole Long Pipe project was produced and facilitated by CAN WA collaborating with the communities of Coolgardie and Kambalda and a group of community artists. ' (Source: Project background)

1 War & Peace Perang & Damai Peter Docker , Kadek Krishna Adidharma (translator), 2007 extract autobiography (Someone Else's Country)
— Appears in: TERRA : A Bilingual Anthology of Writing from WordStorm, the Northern Territory's Writers' Festival 2007; (p. 18-23)
1 4 y separately published work icon Someone Else's Country Peter Docker , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2005 Z1199205 2005 single work autobiography 'On a remote cattle station a small boy begins a profound journey into an Australia few whitefellas know...This is a journey into another place - a genuine meeting ground for Black and White Australia, a place built on deep personal engagement and understanding. A fearless, funny and profoundly moving Australian story'. (Source: Fremantle Press website)
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