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Heart of the Dreaming single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Heart of the Dreaming
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'At 21, Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet and the love of handsome bushman TR Hamilton. Beautiful, wealthy and intelligent, she is the only daughter of Tingulla Station, the famed outback property in the wilds of western Queensland. At 22, her life lies in ruins. A series of disasters has robbed her of everything she ever loved. Everything except Tingulla - her ancestral home and her spirit's Dreaming place...And now she is about to lose that too...An extraordinary story of thwarted love and heroic struggle, Heart of the Dreaming is the tale of one woman's courage and her determination to take on the world and win.'

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Notes

  • Dedication: For the Revitt girls - My lovely mother Grace (Kay), grandmother Grace Louise, Bette (Annette), Rosemary and Vivian.
  • Author's note: In Aboriginal lore the place where you are born is where your spirit lives - a sacred Dreaming place. It is a place of belonging, of being one with the land. A place where knowledge, peace and joy are found. It is not a place recognised by white man's law, or marked by maps; but Dreaming sites blanket the face of Aboriginal Australia, exerting a pull on the spirit and soul always to return to the heart of one's Dreaming.
  • Prequel to Follow the Morning Star

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 1991 .
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      Reprinted: 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 Twice
      ISBN: 0330272837
    • Sutton, Surrey,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Severn House ,       ca. 1996 .
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      Extent: 640p.
      ISBN: 0727890255 (pbk)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Reader's Digest Condensed Books : 1995 Reader's Digest (editor), Surry Hills : Reader's Digest , 1995 Z1251207 1995 anthology novel Surry Hills : Reader's Digest , 1995 pg. 141-288
    Note: Condensed version of the 1991 publication. Does not include dedication or Author's Note.
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y separately published work icon Follow the Morning Star Di Morrissey , Sydney : Pan [Pan Macmillan Australia] , 1993 Z114571 1993 single work novel Queenie has a perfect life. Then one day her lover is seriously injured and her perfect life suddenly comes crashing down. Her bitter and vengeful brother returns to lay claim to his inheritance. Her daughter is seduced into giving up all she's strived for. Once before Queenie was robbed of everything she ever loved? Surely it can't happen all over again?
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Works about this Work

Australian Story Belle Taylor , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 January 2010; (p. 19)
Facing North Di Morrissey , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 2005; (p. 1, 4-5) Di Morrissey travelled through the 'real' Queensland, to gain local knowledge and inspiration for her novel Heart of Dreaming.
Book Research Gave Author Di Her Bush Spurs Sheryl-Lee Kerr , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 November 1991; (p. 5)
Di Finds New World in Written Word Liz Van Den Nieuwenhof , 1990 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 18 August 1990; (p. 23)
Facing North Di Morrissey , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 2005; (p. 1, 4-5) Di Morrissey travelled through the 'real' Queensland, to gain local knowledge and inspiration for her novel Heart of Dreaming.
Australian Story Belle Taylor , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 January 2010; (p. 19)
Di Finds New World in Written Word Liz Van Den Nieuwenhof , 1990 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 18 August 1990; (p. 23)
Book Research Gave Author Di Her Bush Spurs Sheryl-Lee Kerr , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 November 1991; (p. 5)
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