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'The Silent Country is a vast and beautiful wilderness, a place which holds secrets and stories that are rarely spoken. TV producer Veronica Anderson travels to the Northern Territory to retrace the journey of an expedition that had set out 50 years earlier to film the outback, but which mysteriously ended in tragedy. Of the group, led by the eccentric Maxim Topov, few are still alive and they are reluctant to talk about the intriguing events. It is through the help of local NT Park Ranger, Jamie McIntosh, that Veronica begins to piece together the puzzle and discover the answers. These answers break the silence and change her life.' (Publishers' website)
Notes
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Dedication: To Sonoma Grace...my first grandchild.
With the hope that you will experience the natural beauty of Australia and know a country which has been cared for, respected and left for generations to enjoy and appreciate. And that you too, will fight to keep it so.
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Author's note:
There has come a time when we can no longer remain silent, but speak up for our country which is being sold, abused, mined, depleted, drained, over-worked, over-loved, its plants and animals becoming endangered and exterminated faster than we can know them.
Our country is silent. So we must speak and act to save it.
This novel is set prior to the Federal Government's intervention in 2007 into the Northern Territory.
DM
July 2009
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Borrowers Stay True to Favourite Authors
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 February 2014; (p. 23) -
form
y
Bestsellers and Blockbusters
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
2010
15302616
2010
film/TV
'Jennifer Byrne is joined by the heavy artillery of the publishing world to discuss what it takes to be a bestselling author. Jennifer is joined by the man behind the enigmatic Jack Reacher Lee Child, author of Ice Station and The Five Greatest Warriors Matthew Reilly, author of 17 bestselling novels including The Silent Country, Di Morrissey as well as Australia's biggest selling author Bryce Courtenay.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 9 - 15 December no. 764 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel ; Meanjin vol. 68 no. 4 Summer 2009 periodical issue -
A Landscape of Hidden Truths
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 December 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel -
The Colours of the Outback
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 December 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel
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Landscape, Love and Writing Skill
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel -
The Colours of the Outback
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 December 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel -
A Landscape of Hidden Truths
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 December 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 9 - 15 December no. 764 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Silent Country 2009 single work novel ; Meanjin vol. 68 no. 4 Summer 2009 periodical issue -
Stories of the Silent Country
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 29 November 2009; (p. 7) -
Borrowers Stay True to Favourite Authors
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 February 2014; (p. 23) -
form
y
Bestsellers and Blockbusters
Sydney
:
Australian Broadcasting Commission
,
2010
15302616
2010
film/TV
'Jennifer Byrne is joined by the heavy artillery of the publishing world to discuss what it takes to be a bestselling author. Jennifer is joined by the man behind the enigmatic Jack Reacher Lee Child, author of Ice Station and The Five Greatest Warriors Matthew Reilly, author of 17 bestselling novels including The Silent Country, Di Morrissey as well as Australia's biggest selling author Bryce Courtenay.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- Northern Territory,
- 1950s
