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'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.)
Notes
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Peter Docker says that the 'central relationship' in The Waterboys is 'a fictionalised version' of his and David Ngoombujarra's relationship. (Sacha Molitorisz, 'Peter Docker', Sydney Morning Herald, 'Spectrum' (24-25 September 2011): 32.)
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my daughter Cleopatra, and her great love for the Swan River (Darbal Yaragan)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Rural Apocalypses and Outback Ends-of-the-World
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 154 2022; -
Peter Docker’s The Waterboys
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 89 2016;
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
The Year's Work in Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 57 no. 1 2012; (p. 137-152)
— Review of When We Have Wings 2011 single work novel ; Shooting the Fox 2011 selected work short story ; Sarah Thornhill 2011 single work novel ; The Waterboys 2011 single work novel ; Traitor 2010 single work novel ; Inherited 2011 selected work short story ; The Courier's New Bicycle 2011 single work novel ; That Deadman Dance 2010 single work novel ; The Street Sweeper 2011 single work novel ; Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; Black Glass 2010 single work novel ; The Cook 2011 single work novel ; Wild History 1996 single work poetry ; A Common Loss 2011 single work novel -
Confusing Action Movie in Novel Form
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 213-214)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
Our Bastard Spirit Overruns a Dry Land
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 20 August 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel ; Chelsea Mansions 2011 single work novel -
Take Three : Fantasy
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 18 September 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
Our Bastard Spirit Overruns a Dry Land
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
Confusing Action Movie in Novel Form
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 213-214)
— Review of The Waterboys 2011 single work novel -
Peter Docker
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 September 2011; (p. 32-33) -
Rural Apocalypses and Outback Ends-of-the-World
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 154 2022;
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Best Novel
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