This book has been written in three sections. The first two are for the shipwreck enthusiast and tourist who may be interested in a spending a week or two on Australia's shipwreck coast visiting wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers who lost their lives at sea, and other places of maritime interest.
You'll enjoy the adventure of wandering off the beaten track, and have time to appreciate some magnificent ocean scenery unknown to most people. Follow the 'how to get there' directions carefully and supplement your resource material with local area maps. All graves, memorials and historic sites described are accessible although some of the roads are rough and the walking tracks steep.
The author concludes the book conscious of the vast scope of Australian seafaring history still to be presented to interest readers.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Shipwreck
Australia's Shipwreck Coast
Tales from the Shipwreck Coast
- Wreck Graves on the Shipwreck Coast
- The Victorian Lime Trade
- Echoes of the 'Admella'
- Mystery and Murder around Wilsons Promontory
- Safely Landed at Portland
Other Sea Stories
- 'Ticoneroga'
- Memories of the 'Sarah Sands'
- The Gold Ships
- A Whaling Tragedy
- Man Overboard
- Isle of the Dead
- The Way Some Men Died
- Was it Piracy?
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Update
