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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Vale Byron Bay
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Set during the early 1970s upheaval in the area when the hippies, the Jesus generation and the drug economy converged, Vale Byron Bay is about a working town reshaped by the spiritual seekers and the criminals who determined its fate. (Dymocks Booksellers website)

Notes

  • Book launched in June 2006 by former detective Roger Rogerson at the Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Millers Point, Sydney.
  • Dedication: for Thea and Zac; the future is greater than the past.
  • Epigraph: A verse "From William Blake, as published in legend form on the front page of The Byron Express, 1973."

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Works about this Work

Deeply Not at Home Owen Richardson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 48-49)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Tuvalu Andrew O'Connor , 2006 single work novel
Skim Judith White , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 August vol. 124 no. 6532 2006; (p. 66-67)
— Review of Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel ; Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel
Seeking Safe Havens in Personal Struggles Dorothy Johnston , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 July 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel ; Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 8)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
Tales from the Bay Rosemary Sorensen , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 - 16 July 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 July 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel
Byron: The Aura, the Resonance Helen Elliott , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 July 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel
Tales from the Bay Rosemary Sorensen , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 15 - 16 July 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 8)
— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
Seeking Safe Havens in Personal Struggles Dorothy Johnston , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 July 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of Death of a Whaler Nerida Newton , 2006 single work novel ; Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 July 2006; (p. 30) A column canvassing current literary news including the authors' tour associated with the 2006 Miles Franklin Literary Award, and the book launch of Wayne Grogan's second novel, Vale Byron Bay.
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Last amended 9 May 2018 16:25:50
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  • Byron Bay, Byron Bay - Broken Head area, Far North Coast, New South Wales,
  • 1970s
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