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Buckley's Hope
- Narrated by: James Millar
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This is a historical novel, based on the true story of a young English convict named William Buckley who, on Boxing Day 1803, escaped from Victoria’s abortive first settlement at Sorrento and then survived in the wilderness for thirty-two years, mainly because he was adopted and helped by local aboriginal tribes.
In 1835 Buckley emerged with his tribal friends to meet Melbourne’s founders, and quickly became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region. Suddenly, trapped in the rapidly ensuing conflict between two vastly different societies, Buckley found himself mistrusted by his former black friends and by his white compatriots. He was so harshly reviled that his reputation has suffered to this day.
With great sensitivity, and based on meticulous research, Craig Robertson has recreated the fateful encounter between Australia’s ‘wild white man’ and the original inhabitants of the continent. Remarkably, through Buckley’s eyes we can see how much was at stake and how much was lost when two worlds collided.
The enthralling story of William Buckley’s odyssey continues to haunt and challenge us all. Buckley’s Hope was originally published by Scribe in 1980, and has never been out of print.
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- cam
- 17-02-2022
great story for every Australian
intriguing story a bit hard to follow at times but worthwhile. real perspective of the Early Settler days and before
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-10-2023
loved it
The story itself was epic and riveting. I learnt so much about the daily lives of aboriginal people in Port Phillip region in that period. I'm wondering how much detail is historically accurate. The constant rounds of honour killings and the associated terror and insecurity associated with such leave me with an impression that the lives of those tribal peoples must have actually been horrific. Maybe the author coloured his narrative too much?
The narrative itself was very masterfully composed, rich with vivid descriptions of people, landscapes, and events.
I found the oral narration to be clear and easy to listen to, more in the style of documentary commentary than adventure tale.
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- David
- 19-11-2021
A fascinating tale.
Fantastic story that should be more widely known and understood by all Australian's. The narration was also excellent. Though I struggled with understanding why some awkward pronunciations of Australian place names and names of individuals were different from any of heard in my life so far.
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- RayNorris
- 01-07-2019
Good story, poor performance
This is the fascinating true story of escaped convict William Buckley, dramatized and embellished by Craig Robertson. (A different Craig Robertson from the guy who wrote the forever series). Some seems to be based on Buckley’s own account, some is based on the writings of other authors. It is marred by a wooden performance. The reader seems to read the words while being unaware of the content, placing stress on inappropriate words in each sentence. For me, this ruined it.
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