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George Watt George Watt i(A9420 works by) (a.k.a. George Hall Watt)
Born: Established: 1924 Gladstone area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Unacceptable Self in Flaws in the Glass and Voss George Watt , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 26 no. 2 2012; (p. 215-221)
1 The Mongrel i "'Who owns the mong in the corner?'", George Watt , 2002 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 321-322)
1 On the Edge of New Aboriginal Maps George Watt , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 122)
— Review of On the Edge of Red Jo Dutton , 1998 single work novel
1 Fiction : Stretching Exercise for the Australian Bicultural Colossus George Watt , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 51-52)
— Review of Stella's Place Jim Sakkas , 1998 single work novel ; Storms in a Japanese Teacup : Satiric Tales David A. Myers , 1996 selected work short story
1 Patrick White : Novelist as Prophet George Watt , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Theology , vol. 10 no. 3 1996; (p. 273-279) Religion, Literature and the Arts : Conference Proceedings 1996; (p. 431-438)
1 Writer Examines a Dual Life George Watt , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 159-160)
— Review of Offcuts : From a Legal Literary Life Nicholas Hasluck , 1993 selected work autobiography
1 Narrative Looks Back at World War II George Watt , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 7 no. 2 1993; (p. 158)
— Review of Flying Low : A Novel Geoffrey Dutton , 1992 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Back on Line : Write with a Purpose for an Audience George Watt , South Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1993 Z479441 1993 single work criticism
1 4 y separately published work icon Bahra Bay George Watt , Cape Otway : Pascoe Publishing , 1992 Z343999 1992 single work novel

A grazier's daughter goes missing, last seen in the company of her Aboriginal lover. The white community doesn't need to think about where to lay the blame, the black community move instinctively to protect their own.

And in between are the station owners at Bahra Bay and the Murray people who live and work there. The intrigue slowly develops in the acid bath of north Queensland life, but it is that rich, tumultuous and violent life which takes over. The murder and the chase are only two events in the elegant shambles of the major characters' lives.

Black justice and logic pre-empts white vengeance, but the future remains indistinct.

George Watt in his first novel examines the convergence of two civilizations, ploughing a straight, sharp furrow in the plain of the Australian novel. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).
1 Blinkin' [and] Bloomin' George Watt , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 34 1991; (p. 25-29)
1 Doing Without Each Other George Watt , 1991 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Wet Season vol. 14 no. 2 1991; (p. 35-38)
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