Trevor Jamieson
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Will's increasing desperation to hold onto 'his' land despite the resistance of the local Indigenous people, leads to conflict with Sal, who wants to leave their Hawkesbury settlement. Driven by the fear of losing everything he has worked for, Will is drawn into a brutal incident which will haunt him forever.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An epic tragedy in which a good man is compelled by desperation, fear, ambition and love for his family to participate in a crime of inhuman savagery. Through the deeply personal story of early convict colonists William Thornhill and his wife Sal, THE SECRET RIVER raises the question of when two worlds collide, who is wrong and who is right? The dispossession of Indigenous Australians is made comprehensible and ultimately heart breaking, as Thornhill's...
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1813, after serving eight years of a life sentence in the penal colony of New South Wales, convict Will Thornhill and his wife Sal stake a claim of land on the remote and beautiful Hawkesbury River. But Sal develops a life threatening illness and misunderstandings with the local Indigenous people overshadow their new life.
4) Storm Boy
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Kingley (Geoffrey Rush), a successful retired businessman and grandfather recounts to his grand-daughter the story of how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr Percival. Based on the beloved book, STORM BOY is a timeless story of an unusual and unconditional friendship. "*Themes of loss, grief and separation are pitched at just the right level to resonate with children and adults alike.*"- Richard Kuipers,...