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''Beyond Duck River' is a constantly surprising story that will make you see Australia differently. An inspiring saga that tells of a great city and, at the heart of that city, a woman and a river that will simply never die.
'As a child, Hazel sees her father come home from the First World War almost completely broken, and watches her mother somehow find the strength to keep the family going. And as a woman and mother herself, she draws on that same source of power to survive subsequent wars, depression and loss, and to pursue her dreams.
'Hazel is a woman of Duck River, a beautiful place of clear water that all the factories and oil refineries cannot turn into a creek for long, and this is her story. Funny, ironic, sometimes tragic. And unforgettable.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: To Waianya and all those who have fought a good fight and lost: nothing is lost.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Across Generations
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; Remembering Malcolm Macquarrie 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 25)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 3 2001; (p. 177-180)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; Remembering Malcolm Macquarrie 2001 single work novel -
Far Horizons
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 May vol. 119 no. 6274 2001; (p. 72-74)
— Review of What Falls Away 2001 single work novel ; Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; The Dream Life of Harry Moon : A Novel 2001 single work novel ; Two Shanes 2001 single work novel ; Days Like These 2001 single work novel ; The World as a Clockface 2001 single work novel ; Film 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , February vol. 6 no. 1 2001; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 25)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel -
Across Generations
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; Remembering Malcolm Macquarrie 2001 single work novel -
Head-on with the Past
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 February 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel ; The Water Underneath 2001 single work novel -
Aussie Battler Tale a Step Back in Time
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 January 2001; (p. 21)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel -
Putting life into local history
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 February 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of Beyond Duck River 2001 single work novel
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1900-1999
- 1930s