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'This is the story of one of the most shocking events of the seventeenth century: the wreck of a Dutch ship, the Batavia, off the west coast of Australia, and the extraordinary events that befell its stranded survivors. It is also the story of Judith Bastiaansz, sailing with her family to a new life, who is caught up in something well beyond her experience: first infatuation and then, perhaps, something far more dangerous. Combining a gripping narrative with vivid historical detail, this is a beautiful, terrifying, deeply moving novel of love and anarchy.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Dedication: For my nieces, Pippa and Alana
For my nephew, Jake
And for Sharon, my sister -
Epigraph: The harsher the oppression, the more widespread among the oppressed is the willingness to collaborate with the power. Primo Levi - The Drowned and the Saved.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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On Tjukurrpa, Painting Up and Building Thought
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: PAN , no. 6 2009; (p. 40-60) 'This article contemplates the possible relationship of Central Australian "Dreaming," or Tjukurrpa, to symbol and thought formation in desert Aboriginal culture. Acknowledgement is given to the diversity and complexity of descriptions ofTjukurrpa. The author is concerned with how thoughts are made, what they are made of, and how thinking might go wrong, that is, how disorders of thought in the intercultural matrix might arise. Thinking as a form of mental activity may be deeply related with the ontopoetic ancestry of language and locations of human movement and activity. The author suggests that through an analysis of detailed, grounded, intercultural conversations and an understanding of the structure and content of Tjukurrpa, non-Indigenous people working in health and law might appreciate and comprehend Aboriginal thinking and behaviour (and thus be more effective in various aspects of mutual engagement). The challenge is mutual and reciprocal.' (Source: Editor's abstract)
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 38)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
Tampa Proof? Australian Fiction 2002-2003
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 48 no. 2003; (p. 159-174) -
Our Instinct for Survival
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 July 2003; (p. 6a)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
Learning to Wreck and Roll
2003
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: The Age , 7 June 2003; (p. 2)
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Quality Soap
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 April 2003; (p. 16)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
The Tyranny of a Distant Time
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 May 2003; (p. 20)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
Our Instinct for Survival
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 July 2003; (p. 6a)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 38)
— Review of The Accomplice 2003 single work novel -
Bloody Tale of Mutiny Hooks Author
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 17 May 2003; (p. 39) -
To the Lifeboats
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 May 2003; (p. 8-9) -
Learning to Wreck and Roll
2003
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: The Age , 7 June 2003; (p. 2) -
Tampa Proof? Australian Fiction 2002-2003
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 48 no. 2003; (p. 159-174) -
On Tjukurrpa, Painting Up and Building Thought
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: PAN , no. 6 2009; (p. 40-60) 'This article contemplates the possible relationship of Central Australian "Dreaming," or Tjukurrpa, to symbol and thought formation in desert Aboriginal culture. Acknowledgement is given to the diversity and complexity of descriptions ofTjukurrpa. The author is concerned with how thoughts are made, what they are made of, and how thinking might go wrong, that is, how disorders of thought in the intercultural matrix might arise. Thinking as a form of mental activity may be deeply related with the ontopoetic ancestry of language and locations of human movement and activity. The author suggests that through an analysis of detailed, grounded, intercultural conversations and an understanding of the structure and content of Tjukurrpa, non-Indigenous people working in health and law might appreciate and comprehend Aboriginal thinking and behaviour (and thus be more effective in various aspects of mutual engagement). The challenge is mutual and reciprocal.' (Source: Editor's abstract)
Awards
- 2003 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction
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Settings:
- Indian Ocean Region,
- Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Dongara - Geraldton - Northampton area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
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