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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).
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Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 May 1992; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel -
Pacy Mystery Set Up North
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 140 1992; (p. 22)
— Review of Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel -
Fragments from an Ambitious Vision
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 June 1992; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories 1992 selected work short story ; Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel ; The Falling Woman 1992 single work novel -
Four Newcomers in Untamed Australia
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 April 1992; (p. 8)
— Review of Heart of Light 1992 single work novel ; Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel ; My First Mistake 1992 single work novel
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Four Newcomers in Untamed Australia
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 April 1992; (p. 8)
— Review of Heart of Light 1992 single work novel ; Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel ; My First Mistake 1992 single work novel -
Fragments from an Ambitious Vision
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 June 1992; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories 1992 selected work short story ; Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel ; The Falling Woman 1992 single work novel -
Pacy Mystery Set Up North
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 140 1992; (p. 22)
— Review of Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 May 1992; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Bahra Bay 1992 single work novel
- Far North Queensland, Queensland,
- 1910s
- 1920s