national and international awards for her writing about Australia’s past and the interactions that may have been taking place between the first settlers and the aborigines. The Secret River was one of these popular novels, which is exploring the past, although it is only historical fiction. The inspiration for writing these historical fictions, came from the fact that she did not knew much about her ancestors which settled on a river named Hawkesbury River in New South Wales. William Thornhill is a
In the novel The Secret River written by Kate Grenville and the film One Night the Moon directed by Rachel Perkins, the two authors explore similar ideas and share similar structural features to communicate these concepts. The Secret River is set in the early nineteenth century and is about a young couple William and Sal Thornhill who lived in London and started with nothing. Throughout their adventure William was sentenced to death and was excused from his sentence, being sent to Australia with
In The Secret River; through the perspective of William Thornhill, Kate Grenville explores a convict's life and their experience when they are given the option to die, or be taken from their home in Europe to the foreign Victorian State. The most obvious option is for someone to continue living as opposed to them to die as a criminal. The novel is remarkably unique in which providing the point of view of both the Europeans and the Aboriginals as the conflict between them develops and culminates as
anomalous situation (Flannery 2006, p.11). He warns that the temperature change will make difficult environment to survive in the earth. As Tim Flannery has well-informed academic knowledge about zoology and sufficient field experience, especially in Papua New Guinea, he explains wide various