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Born: Established: 2008 Federal, Bexhill - Federal area, Lismore area, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales, ;
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1 y separately published work icon Innocent Abroad Philip McLaren , Federal : Cockatoo Books , 2018 20544844 2018 single work novel crime

'Emerging Aboriginal artist Tommy Mullabah from a small desert community in Australia is encouraged to go to Paris to step onto the world stage. He doesn’t speak French and has never been to a big city. He has a lustfilled liaison with Martine, a wealthy art patron who introduces him to the Paris art world. Then he meets Erica, a TIME magazine art critic who comes to Paris to interview him. He falls in love with Erica and we have a classic triangle amoureux. Forgeries of Tommy’s paintings begin to flood the auction houses at the same time as his patron, Martine, is brutally murdered. Tommy learns that he is the prime suspect and he runs.'

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1 1 y separately published work icon West of Eden : The Real Man from Snowy River Philip McLaren , New South Wales : Cockatoo Books , 2013 10227739 2013 single work novel

'Young aboriginal Australian, Toby rode the high plateaus and steep-mountain gorges chasing brumbies, his feats documented and dated about two years before Paterson began writing his iconic poem after visiting the region. Paterson’s only description of ‘the man’ is that he is a ‘stripling’. This story also features Kurnai leader, Bunjileenee; Lauren Tucker, his white consort, who in real life he rescued from a shipwreck; and Angus McMillan who, with his gang of vigilantes, slaughtered hundreds of Snowy River families. It’s a love story; Aboriginals Toby and Louise wrestle with how they might fit into the new Australia of British imperialism. Most of all, it is the story of one young man’s feat of such outstanding horsemanship that, masked, he entered Australian history, literature and legend.' (Source: Proof-it website)
1 2 y separately published work icon Beneath the Grace of Clouds Janie Conway-Herron , Federal : Cockatoo Books , 2010 Z1789843 2010 single work novel historical fiction 'Beneath the Grace of Clouds tells a history of Australia through the eyes of three extraordinary women. Their stories unfold in an intriguing fact-fiction tapestry that begins with the First Fleet and reaches its resolution at the dawn of the new millennium. It is the story of Elizabeth, who at 12 years of age is convicted of theft and transported to Australia on the Lady Penrhyn. It is the story of Booron, a resourceful young girl from the Eora nation, whose life was changed forever by the arrival of the British. And it is the personal journey of Janie...uncovering long-held family secrets in a search for identity, superimposed over life's loves, disappointments and triumphs, including brushes with stardom and celebrity.' (Publisher's abstract)
2 3 y separately published work icon Murder in Utopia Utopia Philip McLaren , Federal : Cockatoo Books , 2008 Z1702843 2007 single work novel crime (taught in 1 units) 'A reformed alcoholic, New York doctor Jack Nugent, takes on the challenge of running the medical centre at utopia in remote Central Australia. After two and a half years of advertising the position, there were no other applicants for the job. Nugent becomes engrossed in the exotic Aboriginal people and culture and is outraged by the government neglect he sees everywhere. Unexpectedly, he is swept up in a bizarre ritual murder investigation, in such a remote place he must assist the state coroner by gathering evidence and provide police with his forensic findings. Vital evidence goes missing and every avenue Nugent takes is blocked. He falls in love with Carla, a black lawyer, who helps him overcome the obstacles police and the Aboriginal community place in his path, a better social outcome for this ancient desert community depends largely on them.' (From the publisher's website.)
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