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Book Synopsis Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters by : Evan McHugh
Download or read book Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters written by Evan McHugh and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first wreck in 1622 off Western Australia to the tragedy of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Evan McHugh captures all the drama of Australia's maritime history. There are swashbuckling mutineers, violent storms, uncharted reefs, enemy warships, as well as ripping yarns about Dutchmen and lascars, Aborigines and escaped convicts. In producing this remarkable book, McHugh has made extensive use of first-hand accounts and contemporary records. With characteristic flair, he also delves into the mysteries and controversies that still surround so many of the wrecks. Shipwrecks is a white-knuckle voyage through chaos and tragedy which proclaims the courage and strength of the human spirit. It is a powerful reminder that even in the twenty-first century, the sea remains a great, unconquered frontier.
Book Synopsis Swallowed by the Sea by : Graeme Henderson
Download or read book Swallowed by the Sea written by Graeme Henderson and published by National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in Association with the Western Australian Museum 'Swallowed by the Sea' tells the stories of Australia's greatest and most tragic shipwrecks, lost in raging storms, on jagged reefs, under enemy fire, or through human error, treachery or incompetence. It includes wrecks from all corners of Australia, from 1622 to as recently as 2010, from clipper ships to colonial schooners to East Indiamen. Read about the oldest known wreck in Australian waters, the Tryal, driven into a maze of sunken rocks by the inept Captain Brookes, and about the loss of emigrant barque Cataraqui, which struck a reef off King Island in the middle of a stormy night, drowning more than 400 people. The violent wrecking of ships is only part of the story. Maritime archaeologist Graeme Henderson has personally located and dived many of the shipwrecks in this book. Alongside his accounts are colour underwater photographs of the dive sites with specially written recollections by members of the diving crew.
Download or read book A Treacherous Coast written by Chris Ison and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our fascination with shipwrecks comes not from the loss of the vessel itself but the dramatic struggle for survival that follows. A Treacherous Coast tells the stories left by survivors of ten maritime disasters from Australia's tropical north-eastern waters. Not all ended with the loss of the ship. But all pitted the survivors against harsh and unforgiving elements and inhospitable lands far removed from what was familiar. It draws on firsthand accounts recorded in ships logs, journals, personal correspondence, and contemporary newspaper reports. The book opens with the Endeavour which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef during Cook's historic voyage up Australia's east coast in 1770. It then moves on to the seizure of the small schooner Caledonia in Moreton Bay by escaped convicts in 1831. Then it unteases the conflicting stories surrounding the Aborigines' treatment of the Stirling Castle survivors on K'gari (Fraser Island) in 1836. A Treacherous Coast recounts the tragic struggle for survival by the crew and passengers of the Peruvian in 1846. Only one man survived to tell their story after living among the Aborigines for 17 years. In 1851 two intrepid sailors saved the Countess of Minto from being lost in a ferocious tropical storm while their shipmates were stranded on a small coral island.After running aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 1859 the crew of the Sapphire spent an agonising five months battling starvation, thirst, hostile Torres Strait Islanders and contrary winds to return to port. The Maria's calamitous voyage in 1872 is a testament to what can go wrong when you go to sea ill prepared.The loss of the Gothenburg in 1875 and the Quetta in 1890 are two of the worst maritime disasters to have taken place in Queensland waters. Those fortunate enough to live left harrowing accounts of their struggle for survival. The book concludes with the loss of the small coastal trading schooner Orete in 1918. A sole survivor was washed ashore on an uninhabited island where he spent three weeks effecting his escape.
Book Synopsis The Sinking of HMAS Sydney by : David L Mearns
Download or read book The Sinking of HMAS Sydney written by David L Mearns and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping account of how Australia's greatest warship was lost and found. 'We just found Sydney. We've got it. It's absolutely crystalclear. She's sitting upright in a small debris field. There's no doubt aboutit.' For sixty-six years it was Australia's greatest maritimemystery: what happened to the 'pride of the fleet' HMAS Sydney - was she beatenin a fair fight with the German cruiser Kormoran, or was there treacheryinvolved? Could the Kormoran survivors' account of the battle and itsaftermath be believed? Why were there no survivors from Sydney? And where wasthe wreck? One of the world's foremost shipwreck hunters, David L. Mearns firstheard the story of the Sydney in 1996. It left an indelible impression on him. Hunting the Sydney ten years later tested all his skills as a detective, engineer,marine scientist and navigator. But find it he did, and with that momentous discovery came answers to the mystery; closure to relatives still grieving the 645 men dead; accountability to the RAN, which had all but given up hopeof ever finding its most iconic ship; and a sad but gripping explanation of the staggering naval disaster, allowing Australians to finallymake sense of the conflicting, conspiratorial and painful event.
Download or read book The Shipwreck written by Larry Writer and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of the Dunbar. 'gripping, engaging popular history' -Sydney Morning Herald The Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed and luxury on the long route from Britain to Australia, it was the Titanic of its day. Late at night on 20 August 1857, after an 81-day voyage from Plymouth, the Dunbar was caught by massive waves and storm-force winds near the cliffs of The Gap at Sydney's South Head and smashed to pieces on the rocks. All but one of the 123 passengers and crew perished: drowned, broken on the cliff face or mauled by sharks. The catastrophe was one of the worst in Australia's history, and happened on the doorstep of the young city of Sydney. Bodies and wreckage swept through the Heads and washed up on the harbour's beaches for days. It demonstrated the precariousness of the colony's link to the mother country and devastated the city. Its aftermath saw enormous changes to navigation and maritime safety, including the building of the lighthouse that still stands overlooking the Heads. The Shipwreck is the masterfully told story of the Dunbar. Using the wealth of contemporaneous sources that exist, it follows the personal stories of its crew, the passengers and the sole survivor, James Johnson, to bring to life the world of sail and the tragedy that changed the colony forever. 'A staggering true story that haunts, wonderfully well told.' - Peter FitzSimons 'A brilliant true story from our maritime colonial past. I honestly felt I was on the pitching deck of that doomed vessel. This is what modern history writing should be like. I wish I'd written it myself!' - Michael Veitch, author of Hell Ship 'an evocative account of a definitive Australian maritime tragedy' - Canberra Times 'vividly written and meticulously researched . . . not to be missed' Royal Australian Historical Society
Download or read book Shipwrecks written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is great reading for the huge number of people with a passion for the sa. It is immaculately researched and builds itself into a rather dramatic history of sailing the seven seas. Ships have been overwhelmed by huge waves, consumed by fire, sunk by storms and driven onto uncharted rocks.
Book Synopsis Please God Send Me a Wreck by : Brad Duncan
Download or read book Please God Send Me a Wreck written by Brad Duncan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors.
Download or read book S.S. Yongala written by Max Gleeson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unfinished Voyages by : Graeme Henderson
Download or read book Unfinished Voyages written by Graeme Henderson and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable guide for maritime archeologists, recreational divers, historians and others interested in the drama adventure and romance of Western Australia's rich maritime history.
Download or read book Dead Men's Silver written by Hugh Edwards and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and Spanish silver dollars lost and recovered from the sea floor.
Book Synopsis Shipwreck Survival Stories by : Kellye Allis
Download or read book Shipwreck Survival Stories written by Kellye Allis and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Meeting failure in his search for wealth in the 1851 Australian gold rush, a dispirited Mr. Cole takes the next available ship back to England -- and falls in love with Eva Denison, a beautiful and accomplished young woman traveling with her exotic Portuguese step-father. After a disaster at sea Cole returns to anonymity in London... or so he thinks. Events lead to the discovery of a horrible conspiracy, and then to an adventure that may cost Cole his greatest love.
Book Synopsis Australia's Greatest Disasters by : John Miller
Download or read book Australia's Greatest Disasters written by John Miller and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters have always occurred in Australia, even before European settlement began in 1788. Such is the geography and climate of the 'Great South Land' that disasters such as bushfires, cyclones, storms, floods, drought and heat waves are natural phenomena. They also tend to be seasonal and can be successive; bushfires follow periods of drought ...
Book Synopsis The Wreck of the Dunbar by : State Records Authority of New South Wales
Download or read book The Wreck of the Dunbar written by State Records Authority of New South Wales and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wreck of the Dunbar, with the loss of 121 passengers and crew, is one of Australia's worst maritime disasters in peacetime. This Archives in Brief (AIB) is based on the online photographuc display The Dunbar - Australia's Titanic ...
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks by : Peter Stone
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks written by Peter Stone and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 1183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a short entry for each vessel, with relevant physical details, construction information, history, and information on her loss or incident. This is followed by a code to a published book or reference to provide the reader with a means of finding further information.
Download or read book From Great Depths written by M. McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered one of the world's most significant wartime mysteries, the fateful dusk encounter between HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider Kormoran stands as Australia's single largest naval disaster. The loss of both ships on the night of 19 November 1941 with Sydney's full war complement of men and boys sparked a growing mystery spanning sixty-six years for Australia's most famous fighting ship and for one of Germany's best known raiders. The 2008 discovery of the wrecks captured the imagination of two young researchers who dreamt and then lived their impossible dream -- bringing what lies in total darkness on the seabed nearly three kilometres beneath the waves and over 100 kilometres from the coast to the surface for all to experience. From Great Depths features the results of their astounding success, presenting absolutely stunning underwater photography and fascinating new discoveries, brought together with inspiring and heartrending personal accounts of wartime service on the ships, and their fierce battle with the devastating loss of over 700 souls from both sides.
Book Synopsis Out of the Depths by : Alan G. Jamieson
Download or read book Out of the Depths written by Alan G. Jamieson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary. Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but he also covers shipwrecks in culture and maritime archaeology, their appeal to treasure hunters, and their environmental impacts. Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021, the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious effect on global trade.
Book Synopsis Australia's Greatest Disasters by : John Miller
Download or read book Australia's Greatest Disasters written by John Miller and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters have always occurred in Australia, even before European settlement began in 1788. Such is the geography and climate of the 'Great South Land' that disasters such as bushfires, cyclones, storms, floods, drought and heatwaves are natural phenomena. They also tend to be seasonal and can be successive: bushfires follow periods of drought or heatwave, and floods follow cyclones or storms. The original inhabitants as well as those who came after the First Fleet have had to learn to live with these and to find ways to overcome the impacts. Australia has also occasionally been affected by natural disasters not commonly associated with this part of the world, including earthquakes, tornadoes and landslides. While most do not result in loss of human life or major damage, they are significant owing to their rarity. People tend to equate disasters with loss of human life and this book includes most of the disasters in Australia that have resulted in loss of life. There have been a number with significant loss of life, including Cyclone Mahina in 1899, the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983, the Gundagai floods of 1852, Cyclone Tracy in 1974 and the Granville bridge collapse in 1977. There have been also been many where although fewer lives were lost there was a great damage toll on buildings and property, such as the Newcastle earthquake in 1989, the Sydney hail storm of 1999 and the northern Tasmanian floods of 1929. Structural fires are also commonly placed in the disaster category because they are so costly in terms of fatalities, injuries and damage. Many people, however, don't include economic or agricultural impact among the criteria for disasters, which means drought and heatwaves are often disregarded. However, these are synonymous with Australia and many have taken a great toll. This book is part of Exisle Publishing's Little Red Books series. Every title in the Little Red Books series provides an overview of key events, people or places in Australian history. They cover the essentials, bringing the reader up to speed on the most important, fascinating or intriguing facts. Appealing to everyone from students to pensioners who've always wanted to "know a bit about that", they're an essential part of every Australian bookshelf.
