The Secret River
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The Secret River is a historical novel by Australian author Kate Grenville that explores the brutal realities of colonization and frontier conflict in early 19th-century New South Wales.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13517327 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Secret River Context triple: [Jan Sardi, notableWork, The Secret River]
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Kangaroo: A Novel of Australia
Kangaroo: A Novel of Australia is a 1923 political novel by D. H. Lawrence that follows an English writer’s encounters with radical politics and national identity in post–World War I Australia.
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Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet is a celebrated Australian television miniseries adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel, depicting the intertwined lives of two working-class families sharing a large house in mid-20th-century Perth.
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C.
Cidade das Acácias
Cidade das Acácias is a popular nickname for João Pessoa, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraíba, known for its green areas and coastal scenery.
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D.
Hudson's Hope
Hudson's Hope is a small community in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, known as one of the province’s oldest European settlements and for its location near major hydroelectric dams on the Peace River.
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E.
The Mallee
The Mallee is a sparsely populated, semi-arid agricultural and mallee scrub region in northwestern Victoria, Australia, known for grain farming and distinctive low eucalypt vegetation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Secret River Target entity description: The Secret River is a historical novel by Australian author Kate Grenville that explores the brutal realities of colonization and frontier conflict in early 19th-century New South Wales.
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A.
Kangaroo: A Novel of Australia
Kangaroo: A Novel of Australia is a 1923 political novel by D. H. Lawrence that follows an English writer’s encounters with radical politics and national identity in post–World War I Australia.
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B.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet is a celebrated Australian television miniseries adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel, depicting the intertwined lives of two working-class families sharing a large house in mid-20th-century Perth.
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C.
Cidade das Acácias
Cidade das Acácias is a popular nickname for João Pessoa, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraíba, known for its green areas and coastal scenery.
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D.
Hudson's Hope
Hudson's Hope is a small community in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, known as one of the province’s oldest European settlements and for its location near major hydroelectric dams on the Peace River.
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E.
The Mallee
The Mallee is a sparsely populated, semi-arid agricultural and mallee scrub region in northwestern Victoria, Australia, known for grain farming and distinctive low eucalypt vegetation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Kate Grenville ⓘ |
| awarded |
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (South East Asia and South Pacific) 2006
ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
|
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| explores |
brutal realities of colonization in Australia
ⓘ
relationships between settlers and Aboriginal people ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Sarah Thornhill
ⓘ
The Lieutenant ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Secret River (stage play)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Secret River
The Secret River (television miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
The Secret River
|
| hasISBN | 9781920885759 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Kate Grenville’s family history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Australian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sal Thornhill
ⓘ
William Thornhill ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of frontier violence in colonial Australia ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Colonial Trilogy ⓘ |
| publisher | Text Publishing ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New South Wales ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Man Booker Prize 2006
ⓘ
linked to:
Booker Prize
Miles Franklin Award 2006 ⓘ
linked to:
Miles Franklin Literary Award
|
| subjectMatter |
British convict transportation to Australia
ⓘ
settler–Indigenous conflict in New South Wales ⓘ |
| theme |
colonization
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dispossession of Indigenous peoples ⓘ frontier conflict ⓘ land ownership ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
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