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    Robert Drewe lives (sometimes) in Fremantle.

    The Savage Crows (1976) novel
    A Cry in the Jungle Bar (1979) novel
    The Bodysurfers (1983) short stories
    Fortune (1986) novel
    The Bay of Contented Men (1989) short stories
    Our Sunshine (1991) - novel; basis of the film Ned Kelly (Gregor Jordan, 2003)
    The Drowner (1996) - novel; optioned for a film, but not as yet in production
    Walking Ella: A Dog Day Dossier (1998)
    [1]The Shark Net: Memories and Murder (2000) - basis of a 3-part TV series, David Burfoot, 2003
    The Seventh Wave: Photographs of Australian Beaches (with Trent Parke) (2000)
    Grace (2005) novel
    Perth (with Frances Andrijich and Jeff Bell) (2005)
    The Rip (2008) short stories
    Sand (with John Kinsella) (2010)
    Montebello: A Memoir (2012)
    The Local Wildlife (2013)
    Swimming to the Moon (2014)
    Whipbird (2017) novel
    The True Colour of the Sea (2018) short stories
    Nimblefoot (2022) novel


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    This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 15 October, 2022 and hosted at freotopia.org/authors/drewerobert.html (it was last updated on 26 October, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.