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The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. [1]
Jan 1, 2005 · The Secret River is the tale of William and Sal’s deep love for their small, exotic corner of the new world, and William’s gradual realization that if he wants to make a home for his family, he must forcibly take the land from the people who came before him.
The Secret River is an Australian television drama screened on ABC in June 2015. This two-part miniseries is based on the novel of the same name written by Kate Grenville.
The Secret River: With Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin. In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
The Secret River is set in the early nineteenth century, on what was then the frontier between British colonists and Australia’s indigenous people: the Hawkesbury River, fifty miles from Sydney. Many of its details are based on my own family history.
The Secret River is often compared stylistically and thematically to Thomas Kelly's 1972 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Based on true events of the early twentieth century, it follows an Aboriginal man who commits murder and goes into hiding.
Based on the award winning novel, the compelling drama series follows Sal and William Thornhill as they struggle to take ownership of Hawkesbury River land already inhabited by local Indigenous people. More information.
