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Thomas Keneally examines the transformation of Australia from a penal settlement to a modern society.
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Epigraph: Eora people asked the question, Waube-rong orab, Where is a better country? This thief colony might hereafter become a great empire, whose nobles will probably, like the nobles of Rome, boast of their blood. The Morning Post, London. 1 November 1786.
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Author's note: I have taken the liberty in quotations from historic sources to standardise spelling, and in the cases of misspellings left intact, to avoid the use of mannerism (sic). Any insertions I have made for the sake of clarifying the intentions of the original writers are signalled by square brackets. All Aboriginal personal and place names have variations with which generally I have avoided burdening the text, though some of the variant spellings can be found in the notes. As the text makes frequent use of imperial measurement, a conversion table to metric has been provided at the end of the book. T. K.
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A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure : Thomas Keneally
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 20-27) Although Thomas Keneally is firmly located as a national figure, his international literary career and his novels’ inspection of colonial exile, Aboriginal alienation, and movements of people throughout history reflect aspects of diasporic experience, while pushing the term itself into wider meaning of the transnational. -
Diary
2014
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— Appears in: London Review of Books , 13 December vol. 29 no. 24 2014; -
Literary Guide to Australia
2013
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— Appears in: The Telegraph , 10 July 2013; 'We asked some of the world's most eminent writers to offer literary tours of the places they know best.' -
Finding Redemption Down Under
Edward Nowatka
(interviewer),
2006
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interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , August vol. 253 no. 34 2006; (p. 40) -
Founding Rogues
2006
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review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 1 October vol. 111 no. 40 2006; (p. 8)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose
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The Ghosts Herald the Sydney Experiment
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 October 2005; (p. 19)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose -
Convict & Discharge
2005
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review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 October vol. 123 no. 6492 2005; (p. 68-69)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose -
[Review] The Commonwealth of Thieves
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , October vol. 85 no. 4 2005; (p. 18)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose -
Balanced Birth of a Nation
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 October 2005; (p. 10)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose -
Telling the Human Tale of the Historic First Fleet
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of The Commonwealth of Thieves 2005 single work prose -
Timely Look at Our Past
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 January 2006; (p. 44) Stephen Matchett compares the literary approach of Thomas Keneally in The Commonwealth of Thieves to that of Inga Cleninnen in Dancing with Strangers in a discussion on the causes and consequences of the arrival of the First Fleet. -
Havoc in History House
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 March 2006; (p. 8-9) 'As professional historians bicker, novelists are staking a claim for the primacy of fictional truth in making sense of the past.' (Editor's headline) -
Finding Redemption Down Under
Edward Nowatka
(interviewer),
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , August vol. 253 no. 34 2006; (p. 40) -
Song of the Pen : Archival Footage
2005
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essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , December vol. 37 no. 3 2005; (p. 6-7) Thomas Keneally describes the different methods he has used to research his novels. -
Literary Guide to Australia
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Telegraph , 10 July 2013; 'We asked some of the world's most eminent writers to offer literary tours of the places they know best.'
Awards
- 2005 highly commended FAW Melbourne University Publishing Award
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Subjects:
- Botany Bay, Botany area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Sydney Cove, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1788-1792
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