澳大利亚作家凯特·格伦威尔的《神秘的河流》是一部探讨早期澳大利亚殖民时期白人殖民者和土著人之间利益以及文化冲突的杰作。小说探讨的核心就是入侵和归属的问题。主人公威廉·索尼尔因盗窃罪从英国被流放到澳大利亚,妻儿随行。在流放地,主人公的身份发生转变,从白人社会的受害者变成了殖民者。然而,当他拥有属于自己的一片土地时,他时常感到空虚和孤独,也即归属感的缺失。本文旨在分析白人受害者身份的缺失和追寻, The “mysterious river” of Australian writer Kate Grunwell is a masterpiece that explores the interests and cultural conflicts between white colonizers and indigenous peoples of the early Australian colonial period. The core of the novel is the question of invasion and attribution. The hero William Sillier was exiled from England to Australia for theft, his wife and children accompanied. In exile, the identity of the protagonist changed from a victim of a white society to a colonizer. However, when he possesses a piece of land belonging to himself, he often feels emptiness and solitude, that is, the absence of belonging. This article aims to analyze the lack and pursuit of the identity of white victims,