Sue Castrique Sue Castrique i(9543254 works by)
Gender: Female
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Graduating with a BA (hons) from ANU and receiving a BA (Screenwriting) from the Australian Television, Film and Radio School, Sue has a long history in screen writing. Her work has mainly be in writing and editing scripts for historical documentaries and has received a number of awards for her work.

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y separately published work icon Under the Colony's Eye : Gentlemen and Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1830-1869 Spit Junction : Anchor Books Australia , 2014 14965300 2014 single work non-fiction

'This beautifully written book tells the story of the penal settlement on Cockatoo Island, the struggle to build a dock and an autocratic superintendent who turned the island into a secret gentleman’s fight club with his bare-knuckle prize-fighting convicts. It is a true story of corruption, patronage and intrigue. With a cast of memorable characters, this is narrative history that is as exciting to read as a novel. The island was a microcosm of colonial life, where gentlemen and convicts were involved in drama, death, turmoil, farce and moments of compassion. In the background was the island, a place that confined and surprised them all. Guarded by sea and circling gulls, the island has been a potent element in the lives of all those who lived on it. Under the Colony’s Eye reveals some of its long-held secrets.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2016 winner The Australian Historical Association Awards Kay Daniels Award
2016 third prize SWW Book Awards Non Fiction
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